“'I'm sorry,' I say. 'About being a bit odd sometimes, at school.' Camille shakes her head. 'You really have to stop saying that. Incessant apologizing is never an attractive trait.' 'You're right. The thing is, I really am quite bad, you know, with people.' 'Ah, them. People. Yes, it's hard.' 'And I…”— Matt Haig, amazon.com
“Personally, I feel like if you come at someone publicly, you can apologize publicly too.”— Keah Brown, twitter.com
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m fine now, I’m sorry I’m sorry, I’m really sorry, I am sorry, I’m sorry”— Kim Jonghyun, open.spotify.com
“I didn't mean it. I was just angry at something. I didn't mean I didn't love you.”— Ernest Hemingway, amazon.com
“...there's too much to express. I'm sorry. That's what I've been trying to say to you, I'm sorry for everything...I'm sorry for my inability to let unimportant things go, for my inability to hold on to the important things.”— Jonathan Safran Foer, amazon.com
“Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives.”— Barbara Kingsolver, amazon.com
“Accidents happen all the time. People will understand if you screw up, but only if you cop to it and do what you can to make it right.”— Ella Cerón, thoughtcatalog.com
“'I'm sorry' and 'I apologize' mean the same thing, except when you're at a funeral”— Demetri Martin, reddit.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
“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
“Of course I've done things wrong. Show me a human being who hasn't. But when I do, I go out and try to make things right. I try to do a better job going forward.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“Jimmy Fallon asked me a question on his show one night: "Have you ever apologized? Ever, in your whole life?" I told him that I think apologizing is a great thing—but you have to have been wrong. Then I promised, "I will apologize in the distant future if I am ever wrong." The audience laughed, as t…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com