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Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Apology is only egotism wrong side out."

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Amber Hurdle

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

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"I'm sorry. Oh, what simple words are these!I'm sorry. Lips should breathe them out with ease!But nay, in barring up the way,"I'll die first are the words you say.I'm sorry, woe is all pride guarantees."

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Amber Hurdle

"When she opened her door, Levi was sitting in the hallway, his legs bent in front of him, hunched forward on his knees. He looked up when she stepped out."I'm such an idiot, he said.Cath fell between his knees and hugged him."I can't believe I said that, he said. "I can't even go nine hours without seeing you."

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Amber Hurdle

"Saying 'I'm sorry' is saying 'I love you' with a wounded heart in one hand and your smothered pride in the other."

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Amber Hurdle

"I don't ask for an apology because it's only tomorrow's fish-and-chip paper."

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Amber Hurdle

"Women live lives of continual apology. They are born and raised to take the blame for other people's behavior. If they are treated without respect, they tell themselves that they have failed to earn respect. If their husbands do not fancy them, it is because they are unattractive."

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Amber Hurdle

"I'm not ashamed of being gay, never have been and never will be. For that I have no apologies."

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Amber Hurdle

"There is little worse than when the person to whom you want to apologize is having great sex in your room."

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Amber Hurdle

"An apology can be a wonderful thing so long as it is infrequent and from the heart. However, beware of the person who justifies bad behavior with apologies. For them it is a means to an end, and quite often at your expense."

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Amber Hurdle

"My singing voice is somewhere between a drunken apology and a plumbing problem."

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