"Guilt chilled me more than all of this rain combined."

Guilt, Emotion, Weather, Pain

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"Guilt chilled me more than all of this rain combined."

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

Ovid, Roman Poet

Guilt,

"Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one's own actions or lack of action. If it leads to change then it can be useful, since it is then no longer guilt but the beginning of knowledge. Yet all too often, guilt is just another name for impotence, for defensiveness destructive of communication; it becomes a device to protect ignorance and the continuation of things the way they are, the ultimate protection for changelessness."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

Guilt, Anger, Accountability, Change

"The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Guilt,

"That I was sleeping at a time when my husband was dying is so horrible a thought, I can't confront it."

Joyce Carol Oates, American Novelist

Guilt, Regret, Truth, Emotion

"Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Guilt, Tears, Saint Aurelius Augustine, Roman

"Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway."

Isabelle Holland, Swiss Writer

Guilt,

"Canon law itself says for one case of guilt, a priest can be dismissed from the clerical state. One."

Roger Mahony, American Clergyman

Guilt, Law, State

"How blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver in comparison with those of guilt."

Robert Blair, American Poet

Guilt,

"The guilt applies only to those things that are being given away for free."

David Sedaris, American Writer

Guilt, Values, Responsibility, Ethics

"When a man admits guilt we have to believe him. We cannot set ourselves to proving to him that he is wrong. Otherwise the law courts would never function."

Hilary Mantel, British Novelist

Guilt, Law, Justice, Trust

Explore more quotes by Katherine McIntyre

"No monster would hold the hurt I see in your eyes or carry the guilt you do every day."

Compassion

"My hands trembled, so I took a deep drag to calm my frayed nerves. I just wanted to forget that terrible sight, but questions multiplied in my mind as the smoke furled."

Anxiety

"Took long enough, she called out, not wanting to admit how the sight of him made her throat hitch, how the man was so gorgeous she lost her mind. 'I thought you drowned in the mirror from staring into your reflection too long."

Attraction

"She felt him smile against her neck and bit down, the sensation sending shivers through her. 'Bad girl. If you keep doing that, I'll have you stripped and on your back before you can blink."

Desire

"Ice upon ice, and yet, inside, she melted and mourned all the same."

Life

"Once upon a time, he might've chased her and tumbled her in the sheets with the promise of more in the future."

Affection

"Go figure, that happened to be his same style of flirtation as well - annoy her half to death until, before she could stop herself, she confessed her deep darks and bonded with him to a degree she never had before."

Acceptance

"He looked so frustrated and perfectly serious, and yet here we were talking about his missing seal pelt."

Humor

"Like a firework, a person's life flashed brightest right before expiration."

Soul

"The tides rolled up to crash against the shore while we sat feet from one another with the remnants of all we'd left unsaid driving us apart."

Pain