Lies we tell ourselves Quote by Robin Talley

“It is not our right to punish one for thinking as he does, no matter how much we disagree.”

— Oliver Bowden

“Maybe the things we think we have to believe are the things that end up killing us in the end, when we figure out…

— Kate Ellison

“We shouldn’t pass judgment until we see how things play out. Actions never tell the whole story. Good can be done for the wrong…

— Shannon Messenger

“We make so many right decisions in life, but it is the wrong ones that can never be forgiven.”

— Charles Dubow

“It is as if she is punishing everyone who has ever done her wrong through her punishment of me.”

— Lake Union Publishing

“We sort of tell ourselves what we want to hear and the more we do that, the more we begin to agree with ourselves—and…

— Jim Kraus

“Some mistakes in life are not punishable, others teach you a lesson you never forget.”

— Leslie Feinberg

“You can blame and punish others for what has happened to you until the end of time, but it won’t change your situation until…

— Mandy Bass

“That’s what getting old is: When you can no longer bear the consequences of being wrong.”

— Matthew Stover

“...if we feel guilt, if we believe it in our own minds, that's what's true to us.”

— Heather Graham

“And the greatest tragedy of our age is we don't listen to our consciences. We don't say what we think. We feel one thing…

— Vasily Grossman

“I think people feel a kind of need for punishment when they can no longer accept their own actions.”

— Jo Nesbø