“You seem to forgive everyone everything, so once in a while, you should allow others to forgive you.”— Jude Deveraux, amazon.com
“lately i’ve been replacing my ‘i’m sorry’s with ‘thank you’s, like instead of ‘sorry i’m late’ i’ll say ‘thanks for waiting for me’, or instead of ‘sorry for being such a mess’ i’ll say ‘thank you for loving me and caring about me unconditionally’ and it’s not only shifted the way i think and feel a…”— vijara, vijara.tumblr.com
“If the split was due to a petty argument where things were said in the heat of the moment, don't dig your heels into the ground when they come by to say sorry. It takes two to tango. Maybe you said things you regret, so if there's call for you to admit to being in the wrong, own up. An apology is a…”— Kacy Carr, ezinearticles.com
“He shows up at your door with flowers. Having him show up at your door with flowers and an apology doesn't only happen in the movies. Even if he forgets the flowers, the fact that he comes to see you in person is a great sign.”— Rick Fulks, dating.lovetoknow.com
“Maybe nobody has a right to tell anybody to shut up. Maybe this is how wars get started, because someone tells someone else to shut up, and then no one will apologize.”— Meg Cabot, amazon.com
“I know what I did to you was so wrong, but at the time it also felt so necessary to my survival. I don't know if those two things can both be true, but that's how it was.”— Gayle Forman, amazon.com
“The words 'I'm sorry' felt like an insult. You said 'I'm sorry' when you bumped against someone's supermarket trolley. There need to be bigger words.”— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com
“The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.”— Jay McInerney, amazon.com
“This is an apology letter to the both of us for how long it took me to let things go.”— Buddy Wakefield, buddywakefield.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