#apologies

No. I made that choice. I let all that anger and pain get twisted up in my thoughts for you.” He leaned in. “It fucking kills me. Every night. I relive what I did to you every night.” His forehead rested against mine. “Until you,” he said softly, “I never felt truly helpless. ↗

— Nenia Campbell

#apologies #love #michael #rape #sad

Never apologize for showing your feelings. When you do, you are apologizing for the truth. ↗

— José N. Harris

#apologize #apology #feelings #truth #vida

This was one of the little ways in which he said sorry. They were meant to add up each day. ↗

— Zadie Smith

#sorry #beauty

He sighed. " I don't think an apology will do, Mercy. Because an apology implies that you wouldn't do it again. And, under the circumstances, you wouldn't do anything differently, would you?" "No. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#friendship #friendship

I crave you, mi amor. More than I ever thought a man should a woman. Just when I think I can make it on my own, you say these things that call me home to you. I want to leave, I want to run and never look back, and I'm terrified. Terrified of the feelings that control me and the moments where I simply can't exist without you in my arms. I deserve a second chance. We deserve a second chance. ↗

— Nadège Richards

#craving #existing #friendships #life #love

If the crow has to be shoved down your throat; maybe you should just let it fly. ↗

— Colette Ruland Parrino

#karma #sorry #karma

The traces of our life here will lie cold and still, dreaming, like the brittle eyes of dolls in an abandoned cabin, and the last men will look to them for explanations, or apologies. ↗

— Tim Cahill

#explanations #forgotten-past #future-generations #dreams

What man ever openly apologizes for slander? It is not so much a feeling of slander as it is that of a massive lie, a misdeed not only to the slandered but also to those manipulated in the process. He has made them all, every one, his enemies, thereupon he is so overwhelmed with guilt that he will deny it until his grave. ↗

— Criss Jami

#deceit #defamation #denial #enemy #feelings