“ Their guilt plus their repentance should have equalled forgiveness. But they don’t feel forgiven, so they failed, which makes them feel guilty, which was why they repented in the first place, so they’… Geoffrey Wood
“ Even if their guilt actually does produce a good action, it will be the saddest good action you’ll ever see, and it will be of no use to them because their goal is not to obey, but to feel less guilty… Geoffrey Wood
“ Why shouldn't Mom trust me, Dad" Why are you so determined to make me out to be the bad guy all the time?" I stared at the side of his face, willing him to make eye contact. He didn't. "I've been doin… Jennifer Brown
“ To avoid a comparative poverty, which her affection and her society would have deprived of all its horrors, I have, by raising myself to affluence, lost everything that could make it a blessing. Jane Austen
“ Vultures pick the meat clean off a bone. Guilt eats at the marrow, leaving a man hollow. Richelle E. Goodrich
“ That's how it's always been: I was always in the clear so long as I was truly guilty. But the minute my motives were honest someone would finger me. Nelson Algren
“ Certainly not the way someone will have told you the same thing yesterday, made you feel alternately - simultaneously - angry and guilty, guilty because complicit because flattered, therefore unfairly… Jennifer Clarvoe
“ If I owe a person money, and cannot pay him, and he threatens to put me in prison, another person can take the debt upon himself, and pay it for me. But if I have committed a crime, every circumstance… Thomas Paine
“ Lucas heard a strange sound, something he hadn’t heard in months. At first it didn’t seem real, it was something distant from the past. It was the first time in nearly a year he had heard himself laug… Mark A. Cooper
“ The truth may roar, but it's roaring does not terrify the blameless. Guilty conscience needs neither a critic nor an accuser. Remember, the truth has no aiding crutches; once it is limping, its name i… Israelmore Ayivor
“ Should is my all time least favorite word. It’s this sort of guilt inducing, finger wagging word that we use to beat up others and ourselves. Frank Beddor
“ Be wary of any man who intentionally ignores another man's record of deeds or work history simply to impose their own agenda. Such a man's judgment lacks merit and should be disregarded immediately. W… Suzy Kassem
“ If anyone comes to me complaining about others that “this person is like this”, I will question that person first. ‘Why did you come complaining to me?’ You come complaining therefore you are the guil… Dada Bhagwan
“ It was such an unexpected and genuine smile that if I only had a soul I'm sure I would have felt quite guilty. Jeff Lindsay
