Margaret Deland Quotes

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

I'm ashamed of what I did.

I should have worked harder in my life. I suffer from a guilt complex.

I feel terrible about it. Part of it is the horror of what happened and part of it is my guilt about being a part of it.

People have pain - they do regrettable things, they feel shame, and shame equals pain.

Guilt is a serious appetite killer.

I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.

There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.

Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

I don't think I will ever be able to forgive myself for what I have done.

I was tormented with guilt for years and years. In fact, it was so bad that if I didn't feel wrong, I didn't feel right!

She went to the window seat and sat there, sniffling, hating them all, and herself most of all. It was all her fault, everything bad that had happened.

I always felt guilty. My whole life.

She didn't know there were things worse than selfish.

Few things are as bad as a guilty conscience.

Aw, Poke, you poor, kind, decent, stupid girl. You saved me and I let you down.

How awful is that hour when con, science stings.

Jimmy had been full of himself back then, thinks Snowman with indulgence and a little envy. He’d been unhappy too, of course. It went without saying, his unhappiness. He’d put a lot of energy into it.

Our faults afflict us more than our good deeds console. Pain is ever uppermost in the conscience as in the heart.

But I would encourage anyone who has a crush on my character to watch it again and examine how selfish he is.

Guilt: I'm sorry. I made a mistake. Shame: I'm sorry. I am a mistake.

Guilt is the very nerve of sorrow.

Guilt starts as a feeling of failure.