Guilty Quotes - Page 11

• The past is nothing to [the young], not even another country as it is to the old, or even a nightmare as it is to the guilty.

  Cassandra Clare

  Country, Past, Nightmare

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• Sometime we get so addicted to murmuring about the past and blaming the past for everything that we miss our whole future. You're not going to enjoy your future, and you're not going to enjoy your right now, if all you can do is be guilty and ashamed and afraid of your past.

  Joyce Meyer

  Past, Missing, Murmuring

  Joyce Meyer (2010). “The Confident Woman Devotional: 365 Daily Inspirations”, p.3, Hachette UK

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• And here in Los Angeles, once again, I'm going to go down and be a witness. There's a guilty plea. I don't mind being on the witness stand, but I think they mind it a lot.

  Patty Hearst

  Thinking, Mind, Down And

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• To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.

  William Penn

  Evil, Overcoming, Innocent

  William Penn (1841). “Fruits of solitude in reflections and maxims relating to the conduct of human life. A new ed”, p.73

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• He was a little boy, and she was grown up. She huddled by the fire not daring to move, helpless and guilty, a big woman.

  James M. Barrie

  Moving, Boys, Fire

  James M. Barrie (2015). “Peter Pan: Top 100 Classic Novels”, p.134, 谷月社

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• he was trying to convince himself that he wasn't guilty.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Trying, Convince

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• Where are you going?" I asked, feeling guilty for not being able to hang out with him. "To find a faerie to kill me, of course." He winked at us, then pretended to fall straight through when the faerie door opened. Even Arianna laughed as the door closed behind him.

  Kiersten White

  Fall, Doors, Feelings

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• God, I am freaking out. Maybe he doesn’t know. Maybe I just look guilty of something and he’s picking up on that.

  Jay Asher

  Looks, Knows, Freaking Out

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.33, Penguin

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• 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

  Soul, Unexpected, Genuine

  Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.143, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• He’s bound to have done something,” Nobby repeated. In this he was echoing the Patrician’s view of crime and punishment. If there was a crime, there should be punishment. If the specific criminal should be involved in the punishment process then this was a happy accident, but if not then any criminal would do, and since everyone was undoubtedly guilty of something, the net result was that, in general terms, justice was done.

  Terry Pratchett

  Views, Punishment, Justice

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Men At Arms: (Discworld Novel 15)”, p.252, Random House

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• So I was still guilty. And if I was not guilty because one cannot be guilty of betraying a criminal, then I was guilty of having loved a criminal.

  Bernhard Schlink

  Criminals, Betray, Stills

  Bernhard Schlink (2001). “The Reader”, p.134, Vintage

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• But I’ve been turning over in my mind the question of nostalgia, and whether I suffer from it. I certainly don’t get soggy at the memory of some childhood knickknack; nor do I want to deceive myself sentimentally about something that wasn’t even true at the time—love of the old school, and so on. But if nostalgia means the powerful recollection of strong emotions—and a regret that such feelings are no longer present in our lives—then I plead guilty.

  Julian Barnes

  Strong, Memories, Powerful

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• ...hoarders of guilty secrets are inevitably consumed with appearances.

  Lionel Shriver

  Secret, Appearance, Consumed

  Lionel Shriver (2010). “We Need To Talk About Kevin”, p.145, Profile Books

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• Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

  Horace

  Judging, Judgement, Internet

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• And dieting, I discovered, was another form of disordered eating, just as anorexia and bulimia similarly disrupt the natural order of eating. "Ordered" eating is the practice of eating when you are hungry and ceasing to eat when your brain sends the signal that your stomach is full. ... All people who live their lives on a diet are suffering. If you can accept your natural body weight and not force it to beneath your body's natural, healthy weight, then you can live your life free of dieting, of restriction, of feeling guilty every time you eat a slice of your kid's birthday cake.

  Portia de Rossi

  Food, Kids, Body Weight

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• There comes a time when a man finds himself in front of a dark uncrossable abyss, which he himself has spent years digging. He cannot go forward, and has no way back. Words have failed, tears won't help, and who would he call out to? He can't even remember his own name. Then the man sees that on this god's green earth there is but one true suffering: the torment of guilty conscience.

  Ivo Andric

  Dark, Men, Years

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• In Europe the rich are refined enough to act as if they're not wealthy. That is how civilized people behave. If you ask me, being cultured and civilized is not about everyone being free and equal; it's about everyone being refined enough to act as if they were. Then no one has to feel guilty.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Europe, People, Being Free

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• A woman has got to be able to say, and not feel guilty,
  'Who am I, and what do I want out of life?' She mustn't
  feel selfish and neurotic if she wants goals of her own,
  outside of husband and children.

  Betty Friedan

  Children, Husband, Selfish

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• Bullies, oppressors and all men who do violence to the rights of others are guilty not only of their own crimes, but also of the corruption they bring into the hearts of their victims.

  Alessandro Manzoni

  Heart, Men, Rights

  Alessandro Manzoni (1983). “The Betrothed”, p.54, Penguin UK

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• Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Innocent, Priests

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.221, Penguin

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• A rainy day is like a lovely gift -- you can sleep late and not feel guilty.

  Elizabeth Jane Howard

  Sleep, Rainy Day, Lovely

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• If we're not growing, we must feel guilty, because we are not fulfilling Christ's demand.

  Eva Burrows

  Women, Growing, Demand

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• Guilty as hell. Free as a bird. America is a great country.

  Bill Ayers

  Country, America, Bird

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• I'm the guilty one for uttering those terrible, ugly words.

  Donald Sterling

  Racism, Ugly, Terrible

  Full transcript: Donald Sterling’s interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, www.insidesocal.com. May 13, 2014.

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• A lot of foreign people say, when asking about eating habits, 'What is your guilty pleasure?' I have no guilt. Whatever I do, I enjoy and it's the point. I think if you start to feel guilty about it, that's a problem. So, no guilty pleasures. I have pleasure and no guilt at all.

  Eric Ripert

  Thinking, People, Guilt

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