Apologies Quotes
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“It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.”
― The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
― The Man Upstairs and Other Stories

“Leo lowered his screwdriver. He looked at the ceiling and shook his head like, What am I gonna do with this guy?
"I try very hard to be annoying," Leo said. "Don't insult my ability to annoy. And how am I supposed to resent you if you go apologizing? I'm a lowly mechanic. You're like the prince of the sky, son of the Lord of the Universe. I'm supposed to resent you."
"Lord of the Universe?" (Jason)
"Sure, you're all-bam! Lightning man. And 'Watch me fly. I am the eagle that soars-" (Leo)
"Shut up, Valdez." (Jason)
Leo managed a little smile. "Yeah, see. I do annoy you."
"I apologize for apologizing." (Jason)
"Thank you." He went back to work, but the tension had eased between them. Leo still looked sad and exhausted-just not quite so angry.”
― The Lost Hero
"I try very hard to be annoying," Leo said. "Don't insult my ability to annoy. And how am I supposed to resent you if you go apologizing? I'm a lowly mechanic. You're like the prince of the sky, son of the Lord of the Universe. I'm supposed to resent you."
"Lord of the Universe?" (Jason)
"Sure, you're all-bam! Lightning man. And 'Watch me fly. I am the eagle that soars-" (Leo)
"Shut up, Valdez." (Jason)
Leo managed a little smile. "Yeah, see. I do annoy you."
"I apologize for apologizing." (Jason)
"Thank you." He went back to work, but the tension had eased between them. Leo still looked sad and exhausted-just not quite so angry.”
― The Lost Hero

“Never apologize for showing your feelings. When you do, you are apologizing for the truth.”
― MI VIDA: A Story of Faith, Hope and Love
― MI VIDA: A Story of Faith, Hope and Love

“one thing I don鈥檛 need
is any more apologies
i got sorry greetin me at my front door
you can keep yrs
i don鈥檛 know what to do wit em
they don鈥檛 open doors
or bring the sun back
they don鈥檛 make me happy
or get a mornin paper
didn鈥檛 nobody stop usin my tears to wash cars
cuz a sorry.”
― For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
is any more apologies
i got sorry greetin me at my front door
you can keep yrs
i don鈥檛 know what to do wit em
they don鈥檛 open doors
or bring the sun back
they don鈥檛 make me happy
or get a mornin paper
didn鈥檛 nobody stop usin my tears to wash cars
cuz a sorry.”
― For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

“What's the n-never-fail universal apology?"
"'I was badly misinformed, I deeply regret the error, go fuck yourself with this bag of money.”
― The Republic of Thieves
"'I was badly misinformed, I deeply regret the error, go fuck yourself with this bag of money.”
― The Republic of Thieves

“It's always too late for sorries, but I appreciate the sentiment.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“If an apology is followed by an excuse or a reason, it means they are going to commit same mistake again they just apologized for.”
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“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.”
― Killosophy
― Killosophy

“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.”
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"No.”
―

“Proper apologies have three parts:
1) What I did was wrong.
2) I feel badly that I hurt you.
3) How do I make this better?”
― The Last Lecture
1) What I did was wrong.
2) I feel badly that I hurt you.
3) How do I make this better?”
― The Last Lecture

“The two main criminals are France and the United States. They owe Haiti enormous reparations because of actions going back hundreds of years. If we could ever get to the stage where somebody could say, 'We're sorry we did it,' that would be nice. But if that just assuages guilt, it's just another crime. To become minimally civilized, we would have to say, 'We carried out and benefited from vicious crimes. A large part of the wealth of France comes from the crimes we committed against Haiti, and the United States gained as well. Therefore we are going to pay reparations to the Haitian people.' Then you will see the beginnings of civilization.”
― Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World
― Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World

“Just this minute, I'll settle for an apology, she decided. And I wont' board the boat without one. Even if Kaz isn't sorry, he can pretend. He at least owes me his best imitation of a human being.”
― Six of Crows
― Six of Crows

“By the day's end I realized that there were a zillion ways to apologize to someone, but none of them mattered if you never opened your mouth.”
― Lipstick Apology
― Lipstick Apology

“Every time you show your feelings, you apologize. Have you ever had an emotion in your life that you weren't ashamed of?”
― Ultraviolet
― Ultraviolet

“She'd never mastered the talent for apologizing, but she appreciated it in other people.”
― Wyrd Sisters
― Wyrd Sisters

“When a lady condescends to apologise, there is no keeping one鈥檚 anger.”
― The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
― The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

“You must remember, though, that most normal people have never seen an orogene, let alone had to do business with one, and鈥斺 She spreads her hands. 鈥淚sn鈥檛 it understandable that we might be鈥 uncomfortable?鈥 鈥淒iscomfort is understandable. It鈥檚 the rudeness that isn鈥檛.鈥 Rust this. This woman doesn鈥檛 deserve the effort of her explanation. Syen decides to save that for someone who matters. 鈥淎nd that鈥檚 a really shitty apology. 鈥業鈥檓 sorry you鈥檙e so abnormal that I can鈥檛 manage to treat you like a human being.”
― The Fifth Season
― The Fifth Season

“The first reaction is surely the most natural one, but not always the most correct one; thereupon, the invention of apologies.”
― Healology
― Healology

“How do you know when an apology is true鈥攚hen it means something, or can change something, or will last outside the moment?”
― Undercover
― Undercover

“And me being jealous of how a girl like Abby could move here and choose to befriend you out of everyone, and you have so many friends already, and I don't think you even get what a big deal that is. ,.. I'm just saying that it seems like it's so easy for you, and you should know you're actually really lucky.
... You deserve it completely. You're an awesome dude, Spier and it was cool getting to know you. If I could do it again, I would have blackmailed you into being my friend and left it at that.”
― Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
... You deserve it completely. You're an awesome dude, Spier and it was cool getting to know you. If I could do it again, I would have blackmailed you into being my friend and left it at that.”
― Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“If other people owe you an apology, and your words of apology to them are proper and heartfelt, you still may not hear from them for a while. After all, what are the odds that they get to the right emotional place to apologize at the exact moment you do? So just be patient. Many times in my career, I saw students apologize, and then several days later, their teammates came around. Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded.”
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“...sorry is a tool one uses to pander until the word itself becomes currency. It no longer merely apologizes, but insists, reminds: I'm here, right here, beneath you. It is the lowering of oneself so that the client feels right, superior, and charitable... one's definition of sorry is deranged into a new word entirely, one that's charged and reused as both power and defacement at once. Being sorry pays, being sorry even, or especially, when one has no fault, is worth every self-deprecating syllable the mouth allows. Because the mouth must eat.”
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“I'm sorry, Arty,' she whispered into his ear.
'Sorry for what?'
'For everything. For the last few months, I haven't been myself. But things are going to change. Time to stop living in the past.'
Artemis felt a tear on his cheek. He wasn't sure whose tear it was.”
― Artemis Fowl
'Sorry for what?'
'For everything. For the last few months, I haven't been myself. But things are going to change. Time to stop living in the past.'
Artemis felt a tear on his cheek. He wasn't sure whose tear it was.”
― Artemis Fowl

“She remembered the first time she鈥檇 seen him at the Menagerie. He paid Tante Heleen for information鈥攕tock tips, political pillow talk, anything the Menagerie鈥檚 clients blabbed about when drunk or giddy on bliss. He never visited Heleen鈥檚 girls, though plenty would have been happy to take him up to their rooms. They claimed he gave them the shivers, that his hands were permanently stained with blood beneath those black gloves, but she鈥檇 recognized the eagerness in their voices and the way they tracked him with their eyes.
One night, as he鈥檇 passed her in the parlor, she鈥檇 done a foolish thing, a reckless thing. 鈥淚 can help you,鈥 she鈥檇 whispered. He鈥檇 glanced at her, then proceeded on his way as if she鈥檇 said nothing at all. The next morning, she鈥檇 been called to Tante Heleen鈥檚 parlor. She鈥檇 been sure another beating was coming or worse, but instead Kaz Brekker had been standing there, leaning on his crow-head cane, waiting to change her life.
鈥淚 can help you,鈥 she said now.
鈥淗elp me with what?鈥
She couldn鈥檛 remember. There was something she was supposed to tell him. It didn鈥檛 matter anymore.
鈥淭alk to me, Wraith.鈥
鈥淵ou came back for me.鈥
鈥淚 protect my investments.鈥
Investments. 鈥淚鈥檓 glad I鈥檓 bleeding all over your shirt.鈥
鈥淚鈥檒l put it on your tab.鈥
Now she remembered. He owed her an apology. 鈥淪ay you鈥檙e sorry.鈥
鈥淔or what?鈥
鈥淛ust say it.”
― Six of Crows
One night, as he鈥檇 passed her in the parlor, she鈥檇 done a foolish thing, a reckless thing. 鈥淚 can help you,鈥 she鈥檇 whispered. He鈥檇 glanced at her, then proceeded on his way as if she鈥檇 said nothing at all. The next morning, she鈥檇 been called to Tante Heleen鈥檚 parlor. She鈥檇 been sure another beating was coming or worse, but instead Kaz Brekker had been standing there, leaning on his crow-head cane, waiting to change her life.
鈥淚 can help you,鈥 she said now.
鈥淗elp me with what?鈥
She couldn鈥檛 remember. There was something she was supposed to tell him. It didn鈥檛 matter anymore.
鈥淭alk to me, Wraith.鈥
鈥淵ou came back for me.鈥
鈥淚 protect my investments.鈥
Investments. 鈥淚鈥檓 glad I鈥檓 bleeding all over your shirt.鈥
鈥淚鈥檒l put it on your tab.鈥
Now she remembered. He owed her an apology. 鈥淪ay you鈥檙e sorry.鈥
鈥淔or what?鈥
鈥淛ust say it.”
― Six of Crows

“Perhaps there can be no thanks nor any blame, but only recognition of the forces that brought us and bound us to our inevitable fates.”
― Assassin's Quest
― Assassin's Quest
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