Habits Quote by Mary McCarthy

“Neither of us looking for an apology, or to be proven right at the other's expense. No anxiety to make it better than it…

— Ron Currie Jr

“Forgiveness, she was thinking, was in some terrible, overeager way, a lack of curiosity. It was a big, powerful hose that washed everything away.…

— Elizabeth Hay

“She knew there was enormous penalty for what they had done to her - but she could not conceive of that, did not require…

— John Hawkes

“Despite all her strengths, there was a certain brittleness to her. Sometimes she retreated into her keep. Sometimes she ran away. But she did…

— Sherry Thomas

“It seemed they viewed her differently now. She had status. She mattered. All at once they were interested in what she had to say.…

— Anne Tyler

“In her view when a thing was done, it was done: remorse died with the act.”

— Graham Greene

“she was remembering what it was like when you broke up with someone. Conversations became so hopelessly tangled. You had to be polite and…

— Liane Moriarty

“She was busy thinking about the concept of forgiveness. It was such a lovely, generous idea when it wasn’t linked to something awful that…

— Liane Moriarty

“It was my fault, she sobbed, and it was true, no one could deny it, but it is also true, if this brings her…

— José Saramago

“She resolved conflicts by either agreeing or quietly going about her business and doing things her way. Conflict was too hard to live with,…

— Deanna Lynn Sletten

“She hadn't expected to be sorry, and at first she wasn't. The act itself was neither disappointing nor magical; it was what it was:…

— Laini Taylor

“Unsaid was her conviction that all this was in preparation for some future endeavor. But what?”

— Sam Wellman