“I have been the villain before but I have never written about it. I have said I was sorry so many times but only meant it once.”— Fortesa Latifi, madgirlf.tumblr.com
“She apologized with you in her mouth, hot and hungry and holding back tears.”— Joaquin Fernandez, thoughtcatalog.com
“We’ve all done things we weren’t proud of. I understand that. I know nobody’s perfect, but how do you live with it? How do you get up every morning knowing you could have done better, that you should have done better? Is being sorry enough? Can an apology actually heal our wounds? Ease our pain? Can…”— Stacy McKee, Dr. Callie Torres, Sara Ramirez, amazon.com
“The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.”— Jay McInerney, amazon.com
“Another thing that happens in the movies: They all have these dramatic crises where everything looks bleak and you think the couple will never, ever get back together. But then they realize they can't live without each other, and in the end they live happily ever after. It's all a lie. When you hate…”— E. Lockhart, books.google.com
“If you've done something wrong in your dealings with another person, it's as if there's an infection in your relationship. A good apology is like an antibiotic ; a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.”— Randy Pausch, amazon.com
“Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I feel badly that I hurt you. 3) How do I make this better?”— Randy Pausch, amazon.com
“Your apologies hang heavy like the skeleton of the man I once thought I’d marry. I loved you more than I knew what to do with most days. But I do not know you now. And this stranger you’ve become makes my stomach hurt.”— Ari Eastman, amazon.com
“Sorry doesn’t take things back, but it pushes things forward. It bridges the gap. Sorry is a sacrament. It’s an offering. A gift.”— Craig Silvey, amazon.com
“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.”— Robert Brault, goodreads.com