#blame

People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask you, if the water mains didn't break, would it be my responsibility to fix them then? ↗

— Marion Berry

#because #blame #break #fix #i

Mark Spitz had met plenty of the divine-retribution folks over the months. This was their moment; they were umbrella salesmen standing outside a subway entrance in a downpour. The human race deserved the plague, we brought it on ourselves for poisoning the planet, for the Death of God, the calculated brutalities of the global economic system, for driving primordial species to extinction: the entire collapse of values as evidenced by everything from nuclear fission to reality television to alternate side of the street parking. Mark Spitz could only endure these harangues for a minute or two before he split. It was boring.The plague was the plague. You were wearing galoshes, or you weren't. ↗

— Colson Whitehead

#blame #devine-retribution #zombies #death

So something that never should have happened did, all because of my thoughts and actions. A clear-cut cause-and-effect relationship. I was the one who caused it, and I should probably get the death penalty. Or maybe what I should say is I'm the one who pronounced the death sentence on myself ↗

— Natsuo Kirino

#death #death

we choose for our selves what's right or wrong... but when we make mistakes we blame someone else(parents) ↗

— Meena Khan

#life #life

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#confession #sin #blame

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#blame

No one blames her." "That never matters," said Alec. "Not when you blame yourself. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#blame #cassandra-clare #city-of-lost-souls #guilt #the-mortal-instruments

there's plenty of blame to go around. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#blame

Screw caution," Tori said. "I'm outta here." We looked at her. "Well, I am. As long as someone comes with me." We kept looking at her. She sighed. "Fine, but when everything goes to hell, just remember, I get to blame you guys, because I wanted to leave right away. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#chloe #derek #kelley #reckoning #tori

I’m sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn’t do, and I’ve hurt myself by hurting you. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#hurt #blame