Quote by Robin Black

“If she had learned anything in the past weeks it was that there was enough to be ashamed of in the course of a…

— Shannon McKenna

“she did understand the corrosive nature of guilt. It could destroy from the inside, worrying at your mind until you submitted.”

— Lisa Hartley

“But then she often felt like this lately. The world seemed full of transparent frauds that only she could see through. She was forever…

— Jude Morgan

“I’ll admit that each time I’ve seen her I’ve spilled my guts and felt cleansed. Then I become convinced I never need to see…

— Jami Attenberg

“so at least she could feel less singled out, less repulsed by herself, less like a spot on the world that should have been…

— Krista Ritchie

“She enjoyed this part, despite the out-and-out ban on fiction, but it was always a pleasure soaked in guilt.”

— Nikita Lalwani

“It hadn't taken very long to come clean, after so many years of so many lies. It was surprising how undifferent she felt, now…

— Chris Pavone

“It is, in the end, she thinks, the shallowest of confessions: all of the truth, none of the honesty.”

— Colum McCann

“Once you confessed to someone that you had been very depressed when dining with her several months earlier. She was stunned, discovering her blindness…

— Édouard Levé

“And she would continue to say to those who would still listen that it was a classic case of betrayal (You can never tell…

— Martha Ronk

“She was a perfectly clean slate--a total enigma.”

— Patricia Cori

“She had a talent for looking at a person with no expression - you filled in whatever you felt guiltiest about.”

— Anonymous