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Edna O'Brien

"I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt."

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"I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt."

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"Hard though it may be to accept, remember that guilt is sometimes a friendly internal voice reminding you that you're messing up."

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"I don't feel guilt. Whatever I wish to do, I do."

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"Whether they knew of didn't know is not the main issue; the main issue is whether a man is innocent because he didn't know. (...) by beating himself on the chest and proclaiming, "My conscience is clear! I did not know! I was a believer!" Isn't his "I did not know I was a believer!" at the very root of his irreparable guilt?"

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"It's a terrible thing, what we did, said Francis abruptly. "I mean, this man was not Voltaire we killed. But still. It's a shame. I feel bad about it."

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"The Wrong we have Done, Thought, or Intended Will wreak its Vengeance onOur SOULS."

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"Maybe time would not feel as heavy if I didn't have this guilt - the guilt of knowing the truth and stuffing it down where no one can see it."

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"Guilt is a weird thing to me. I don't have a lot of it."

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"Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks."

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"I nod, because I do understand. I'm just not sure how to go about divorcing myself from the evil I've already accepted."

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