Mallory Ortberg Quotes

But forgiveness must not only be given but received also.

More people should apologize, and more people should accept apologies when sincerely made.

I love my wife... but sometimes not so much. Frustration and fights can muck up a good thing. And just when a thing can move past differences and into the realm of peace and prosperity, another thing - an old idea or new interpretation or any spark that relights the paradigms that comfort us - will keep us where we are, where it is safe.

My mum has lived in Australia for 22 years now, and we have a rocky relationship. But at the same time it's one I want to maintain. I need her to be my mum. The relationship took a lot of rebuilding.

I think in most relationships that have problems, there's fault on both sides. And in order for it to work, there has to be some common ground that's shared. And it's not just one person making amends.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

I have exes I'm friends with and exes I'm not friends with. It depends on what you decide together. I do think that sometimes trying to maintain that bond can be healthier than walking away.

David and Dad didn't get along too well growing up. I mean we all got along, but it was harder on David, because David wasn't going to be the son that Dad wanted. But now they're like best friends.

It's important to mend ties after a fight.

To my mind, it is better to have regrets about the good aspects of your former marriage because you were able to work past some of your accumulated resentments than to have no regrets because you had to ratchet up the hostility to get out in the first place.

My parents and I didn't speak for 10 years. It took a long time to rebuild that relationship.

This idea - that the only way to mend the relationship post-affair is through therapy - is unique to the American script.

An apology offered and, equally important, received is a step towards reconciliation and, sometimes, recompense. Without that process, hurts can rankle and fester and erupt into their own hatreds and wrongdoings.

If we can exit a relationship, pressure to reconcile lessens; if we must live with those who have wronged us, we are pushed to reconcile.

One minute of reconciliation is worth more than a whole life of friendship!

Well. Like I said, I dont want to fight anymore. I dont want us to hate each other. And ... well ... I squeezed my eyes shut and then opened them. No matter how I fee about us ... I want you to be happy

Forgiveness is the only way to break the cycle of blame-and pain-in a relationship...It does not settle all questions of blame and justice and fairness...But it does allow relationships to start over. In that way, said Solzhenitsyn, we differ from all animals. It is not our capacity to think that makes us different, but our capacity to repent, and to forgive.

Apologies do make a difference. Believe it or not, research shows people often prefer them over money.

Quarrels are a natural part of relationships. Making up is always the best part.

Emphasize reconciliation, not resolution. It is unrealistic to expect everyone to agree about everything. Reconciliation focuses on the relationship, while resolution focuses on the problem. When we focus on reconciliation, the problem loses significance and often becomes irrelevant.

You don't have to be afraid of looking into my face. We've done nothing to each other that time will not erase.

Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.

Forgiveness prompted by love is the only way to repair the devastation that so often mars our relationships.