#morse

Repentance is accepted remorse. ↗

— Sophie Swetchine

#remorse #repentance

I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#consciences #feed #i #i think #ought

If voting changed anything... I'd still laugh! ↗

— Matt Paradise

#noremorse #satanism #vote #change

Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#errors #life #remorse #courage

Evolution could so easily be disproved if just a single fossil turned up in the wrong date order. Evolution has passed this test with flying colours. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#evolution #noremorse #page #dating

He was the person all of us should be, but most of us aren't. And if I could have taken his place to buy him a little more time in the world, I'd have done it. I'm sorry I couldn't. ↗

— Trish Doller

#remorse #something-like-normal #death

It is brutal. Only I never could see the sense in having folks look at your tombstone and say, 'He was a man who didn't believe in violence, He's a good man... and dead. ↗

— Louis L'Amour

#l-amour #noremorse #violence #western #death

Detective, I don't know where the boyfriend is, really," I said. And it was true, considering tide, current, and the habits of marine scavengers. -Dexter ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#design

After each dream, Frankie woke with a start, soaked in tears. But she found no relief in the peaceful silence of her room, because there everything was real. And the guilt was too immense to bear. Each time she opened her eyes, she'd quickly shut them. And wish that she had woken up for the very last time. ↗

— Lisi Harrison

#guilt #mistakes #passive-deathwish #regret #remorse

My brother trolled recovery and support groups, searching for women with dependency issues, the way I frequented bookstores with the hope of finding a well-adjusted, intelligent woman. Between us, his record was more stellar, his sin more reprehensible; though, knowing my brother, he slept soundly through the night without ever experiencing the slightest remorse. ↗

— Richard J. O'Brien

#dating #family-relationships #recovery #remorse #sin