Quote by Donna Tartt

“Telling the story, acknowledging what has happened and how you feel, is often a necessary part of forgiveness.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“I was worried that if I told her the story, she would identify with it too much. That her sympathy, however well-meaning, would make…

— Olivia Sudjic

“But you see, the problem is that apologies are really just little weeds that grow over monuments and headstones. They keep coming back, but…

— Elizabeth L. Silver

“But in the end I had to acknowledge that, whether I was emotionally challenged or not, there was no avoiding at least some of…

— Joanne Limburg

“When you make a mistake, give an apology without an excuse attached to it. The longer an apology, the less authentic it is.”

— Steve Maraboli

“Anything that distracts from the story you are trying to tell should be promptly and mercilessly dealt with.”

— Craig Hart

“An apology is usually a disguised request for a key to the cage of guilt or regret.”

— @Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“To write what you think is to think what you write. Leave those of hollow to their dust. They are but sorry things.”

— D.A. Botta

“My book is extremely graphic. I make no apologies for it. But it is graphic only because I told the truth about what the…

— Bernard Schaffer

“I offer no apologies to those whom I may have rendered uncomfortable with my open and honest assertions. The truth is often harsh and…

— Casper Odinson Cröwell

“I was seeing what a writer can do with the tatters of truth, the unfinished stories that give us no rest. ”

— Patricia O'Brien