Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes

A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.

I'm sorry I hurt your hand...with my face." -Bobby Pendragon

Mother, are you there? I love you. I never meant to hit you over the head with that shovel.

I really didn't mean to hurt anybody. I liked John Lennon.

No matter how many times you say you're sorry, somebody is not going to hear you.

There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry.

On Bergessio, in 2013, I made a reckless tackle and I was so sorry. I told him I was sorry a thousand times but I couldn't give him back the piece that I broke.

We know that we've done and said things that hurt people. Inflicting pain on others wasn't the goal, but it was one of the outcomes. We wish it weren't so, and regret that hurt.

Only true remorse and "Will you forgive me?" can press the reset button.

I’m sorry for everything.” Then he turns and pushes back into the woods, and he’s gone.

Band-Aids don't fix bullet holes. You say sorry just for show. You live like that, you live with ghosts.

And apologies, once postponed, become harder and harder to make, and finally impossible.

Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I feel badly that I hurt you. 3) How do I make this better?

I recognize that by saying that I'm deeply sorry, it might not be enough and sufficient to address the pain and the hurt that I have caused you. Therefore, I want to ask for your forgiveness for my actions, and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me.

I apologize to the women I’ve hurt. I deeply regret what I did and know that it has forever impacted all of our lives.

You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

I never knowingly wanted to hurt anybody.

I feel like if you've done something wrong, then you should keep on apologizing to that person.

I've always found it hard to say sorry.

You can say you're sorry 5,000 times, but that doesn't mean you mean it.

There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.

It's very hard for me to say I'm sorry... but I do.

I don't hold any regrets whatsoever about my life besides hurting people I loved.

I have apologised to the police.