“And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good.”— Khaled Hosseini, amazon.com
“I don't think about my future, my life, anymore. "I just think about what I have to do next month. For me, whatever happens after next month, even the world can be destroyed, but I don't think about next year or anything.”— Raffaele Sollecito, telegraph.co.uk
“If they're guilty and earthly justice didn't get to them, I hope they own their guilt because I know that life ends with a final trial.”— Guiliano Mignini, imdb.com
“It’s so hard to feel responsible for something you don’t remember. So I never feel bad enough. I feel bad, but the thing that I’ve done—it’s removed from me. It’s like it doesn’t belong to me.”— Paula Hawkins, amazon.com
“You can't keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on.”— Matt Groening, Homer Simpson, amazon.com
“You can flirt with anybody, whenever you want, and not feel guilty about it.”— Bethany Casey, readunwritten.com
“Someone who still cares will often keep returning to re-hash what went wrong. This can be a way to sate his guilt, but it can also mean that he is trying to reconcile through the back door, often completely confusing you in the process.”— Elizabeth Stone, thoughtcatalog.com
“You don't feel guilty taking a night (or a week-long beach vacation) away from your partner to focus on friends. And more importantly, he's supportive of this.”— Jen Kirsch, womenshealthmag.com
“His friends will certainly remain loyal to him in most cases. They will not let you know what's going on, but they will definitely be racked with guilt, and their behavior may change slightly when they are around you while protecting his secret.”— Rich Santos, marieclaire.com
“This is what I know. Don't settle for 40, 50, or even 80 percent. A relationship, it shouldn't be too small or too tight or even a little scratchy. It shouldn't take up space in your closet out of guilty conscience or convenience or a moment of desire. Do you hear me? It should be perfect for you. I…”— Deb Caletti, amazon.com
“The human capacity for guilt is such that people can always find ways to blame themselves.”— Stephen Hawking, books.google.com
“What's my guilty pleasure? The thing is, I never feel guilty about pleasures.”— Tom Hiddleston, books.google.com
“Let him know how much it would mean to you if he could do this one thing. It's not exactly guilt-tripping - it's just being honest. If he knows that it's important, he may be more likely to say yes.”— Jessica Booth, gurl.com
“Many people suffer all their lives from this oppressive feeling of guilt, the sense of not having lived up to their parents' expectations. This feeling is stronger than any intellectual insight they might have, that it is not a child's task or duty to satisfy his parents needs. No argument can overc…”— Alice Miller, goodreads.com
“The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.”— Pete Wentz, books.google.com
“I've got a bad case of the 3:00 am guilts - you know, when you lie in bed awake and replay all those things you didn't do right? Because, as we all know, nothing solves insomnia like a nice warm glass of regret, depression and self-loathing.”— D.D. Barant, amazon.com
“You can not die of grief, though it feels as if you can. A heart does not actually break, though sometimes your chest aches as if it is breaking. Grief dims with time. It is the way of things. There comes a day when you smile again, and you feel like a traitor. How dare I feel happy. How dare I be g…”— Laurell K. Hamilton, amazon.com
“Whoever said that loss gets easier with time was a liar. Here's what really happens: The spaces between the times you miss them grow longer. Then, when you do remember to miss them again, it's still with a stabbing pain to the heart. And you have guilt. Guilt because it's been too long since you mis…”— Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, amazon.com