Marc Wallice Quotes

With what all these people are saying, do you think that anybody wants to be around me? They all think that I did this on purpose? That I knew that I was positive, for so many years? I feel now that I'm going to be attacked if anybody sees me or if I go to the office.

When I wake up in night sweats, that's what I'm thinking about: what if someone grabs me from my past and says, 'I heard you drag me to filth on your podcast.'

Fear and Guilt are the only enemies of man.

I often felt like I was walking around with this Scarlet Letter stitched to my chest from the way that people treated me.

The worst pain in the world is shame.

... Herbert said of himself, with his eyes fixed on the fire, that he thought he must have committed a felony and forgotten the details of it, he felt so dejected and guilty.

After that I couldn't show my face outside. I lost my identity and balance. I was still living with my parents, and they were my only friends. For so many people, this thing with the nurse was confirmation that I must be mad or mentally ill.

Everyone picked on me in school because I was in foster care.

Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

I come from a highly moral family. I was very much taught what was right and wrong, and in my perception of things, I did something that was very wrong. To know that, and to then be so publicly exposed, was very hard.

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

Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind.

In my gym class, we had something called The Pit, this little alcove where we had to sit if we forgot our gym clothes. It was usually just the crippled kid, the pregnant girl, and me. It was pretty awkward, just hanging with all these freaks who didn't want to show their legs.

Shame is such an intense emotion. It just can drive you.

Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away.

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.

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

HIV does not make people dangerous to be with. So you can shake their hands and give them a hug. Heaven knows they need it.

I didn't want to be the daughter of the crazy people.

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

Being on food stamps can be demeaning. Cashiers know the difference between the new plastic SNAP cards and a credit card. Some food stamp recipients say some cashiers have made them feel uncomfortable and embarrassed.

I would walk into a room, and people would be like, 'Hide the children. Here comes the guy with AIDS.' That's very demeaning, and it really hurts your spirit.

A lot of people are afraid of the idea of enslavement, and that's because it's tied to so much shame and guilt... That is the big elephant in the room, but a part of why we're afraid to attack that subject matter is because of the way we've been taught about it.

Guilt isn't always a rational thing, Clio realized. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it or not.

As a youth, I hated myself for not being good enough. All my inadequacies and failures, not being kind enough, generous or understanding enough, would assail me at night. It became a habit to be guilty and self castigating, not liking myself because I was unworthy... I really tortured myself.