Monica Lewinsky Quotes

[P]erhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification.

I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do.

There has been the biggest black cloud following me around. People believe it's all my fault that Steve is not here. He has always had an open door, and he doesn't choose to do this any more.

I didn't have anything to apologize for.

I must give an account for what I've done.

I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was.

Have you ever loved somebody, loved her completely, but had to end the relationship for life reasons?

I am responsible but not guilty!

There are people you are madly in love with and thought you could never live without, and suddenly you break up and think, 'What was I thinking?'.

I can speak for everybody in saying we've all been through a breakup to where you didn't want it to be over.

Oust me if you want, but if I stepped down, I would be admitting guilt.

When he spoke, the roughness was gone from his voice. "I could tell you I did it. That's what you wanna hear. I could tell you she did it to herself, but both ways I'd be lying. It was you who did it, Lily. You didn't mean it, but it was you.

They always say they didn't. I never heard of one who said, 'You know, I deserve this.' Never happens.

I have done nothing wrong.

This is why I didn't get married last year," she said to him. "I wouldn't be here to nurse you." She thought about that for a moment. "Of course, one could make the argument that you wouldn't be in this situation if not for me. But we're not going to dwell upon that.

You panicked". Venetia's voice is suddenly throbbing, as though she can't control a long-buried anger. "You panicked, Luke, and we lost the best relationship that we had. Everyone was jealous of us at Cambridge, everyone. We were perfect together." We weren't perfect!" He looks at her incredulously. "And I didn't panic---" You did! You couldn't cope with the commitment! It frightened you!" It did not frighten me!" Luke shouts, exasperated. "It made me realize you weren't the person I wanted to have children with. Or spend the rest of my life with. Ever. And that's why I ended it!

I issued a number of denials to people I thought needed to hear them

If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.

Myrnin was silent for a beat, and then he said, "Bob would be very disappointed in you.

The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault.

Goodbye- please don't cry/we both know that I'm not what you need. But I will always love you.

Blaming is so much easier than taking responsibility, because if you take responsibility … then you might be to blame.

An excuse is a lie guarded.

You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.

I tried--I swear I tried. But you didn't want to hear what I was saying, and I used that as an excuse to let it go on.