Gayle Forman Quotes

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.

How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble?

I learned about forgiveness, and I've reached out to others to make amends.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.

If you never condemned you would never need to forgive.

If you've ever watched anything that I do, and you completely give it a chance and take the blinders off, and you'll understand that the underlying theme of everything I've done has been about forgiveness, learning to move on.

What it taught me was forgiveness. It taught me that when people present themselves in a certain way, there's probably some back story or issue or reason for the way that they are. It's not you. It's them. And a lot of times, its about something that's completely out of their control

I don't like to condemn people because what that means is that you're only condemning yourself about a part of you that you can't stand.

We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.

I am conscious that knowing me has caused you pain, and grief, and I hope that one day when you are less angry with me and less upset you will see not just that I could only have done the thing that I did, but also that this will help you live a really good life, a better life, than if you hadn’t met me.

Forgive what you can't excuse.

I'm sorry." "Be sorry you lied," he said, pressing a kiss to my forehead. "Don't be sorry you loved him. That's part of you, part you have to let go, yeah, but still something that's made you who you are.

I think that with everything I've done, in the end, whoever the central character is, they would find a way to forgive, because that's really important to me.

Women have a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed.

I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their humanity.

My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.

To understand is to forgive, even oneself.

I never knowingly wanted to hurt anybody.

The interesting thing for me is, if I met Michael Peterson in person, I'd want him to let himself off the hook just a little bit.

The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.

I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others.

I'd like to be more forgiving. There are times when I've had a hard time forgiving people who have betrayed me.

My heart gets very tender when it comes to playing someone who has wronged someone else. I almost feel like it's easier for me to play having been wronged than it is to actually feel like you had an active part in hurting someone.

Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.

If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others.