Quote by Sherry Thomas

“That only by forgiveness could she forget—and that forgiveness was not a single act, but a matter of constant practice.”

— Diana Gabaldon

“She was becoming too familiar for her own comfort and peace of mind. It was not despair; but it seemed to her like life…

— Kate Chopin

“Somehow, I cannot forgive her for her neglect of me as a child, when I would have clung to her.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“Forgiveness, she was only required to accept the seed of healing, and to let it grow on its own time.”

— H. L. Balcomb

“She could scarcely forgive him--least of all now, when the heavy footstep of their approaching Fate might be heard, nearer, nearer, nearer!--for being able…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Her tone held a challenge. She did not need his condemnation or what his pity. Once, she had wanted his love, but that time…

— India Drummond

“Her life was shameful and lonely. There was no longer any hope for her, there was no chance of escape. Yet, in spite of…

— Anna Kavan

“Then there was survival. There was going on, as she had always gone on, without much joy, against her will, against her instincts, without…

— Robert Goolrick

“She ran away from everything that hurt her, even herself.”

— Kristie Betts

“The last time she had seen him in the flesh, all the vital force of his life stripped away, his sharpened face had confronted…

— Anna Kavan

“But sometimes this hatred broke like a wave, unexplainably collapsing under its own weight, and before it would begin to well up again, she…

— Sana Krasikov

“In order to forgive, one must have lived through what I have lived through, and may God spare her that.”

— Leo Tolstoy