--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: He would not apologize for today, or…" description: "\"“He would not apologize for today, or yesterday, or for any of it. And she would not ask him to, not now that she understood that in the weeks she had ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/sarah-j-maas-58_heart_he-would-not-apologize-for-today-or-yest_206752.jpg" --- # He would not apologize for today, or yesterday, or for any… ![“He would not apologize for today, or yesterday, or for any of it. And she would not ask him to, not now that she understood that in the weeks she had been looking at him it had been like gazing at a reflection. No wonder she had loathed him.” quote by Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/sarah-j-maas-58_heart_he-would-not-apologize-for-today-or-yest_206752.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/sarah-j-maas-58_heart_he-would-not-apologize-for-today-or-yest_206752.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/sarah-j-maas-58_heart_he-would-not-apologize-for-today-or-yest_206752.jpg) > ““He would not apologize for today, or yesterday, or for any of it. And she would not ask him to, not now that she understood that in the weeks she had been looking at him it had been like gazing at a reflection. No wonder she had loathed him.”” [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. 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