Ian St. John Quotes

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

A close friend can become a close enemy.

It's all very well to tell us to forgive our enemies; our enemies can never hurt us very much. But oh, what about forgiving our friends?

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.

Betrayal does so many different things to people.

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

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.

I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children.

I think that it's okay to be mad at someone who hurt you. This isn't about, like, the pageantry of trying to seem like nothing affects you.

There's always room to mend broken hearts, I suppose.

It's never fun when you trust someone and that trust is betrayed.

People wonder why a man and woman can't be friends after being in love. It is because it's very tough to look beyond the hurt and try to find a common ground to be friends. It's it like a healing wound.

Looking back, the only person that really surprised me was Chris Vrenna only because I've known him since 1992, and for him not to be able to say it to my face, "Hey, I don't want to do this anymore." Instead, he said "I'll see you tomorrow" and then he never came back. I find that strange. I don't know if he is afraid of me or thinks I'm going to beat him over the head with something. I'm not like that.

it's easier to forgive your enemies than to forgive your friends.

Knowing Lissa missed me hurt almost more than if she'd completely written me off. I'd never wanted to hurt her. Even when I'd resented her for feeling like she was controlling my life, I'd never hated her. I loved her like a sister and couldn't stand the thought of her suffering now on my behalf. How had things gotten so screwed up between us?

I can forgive you for leaving, but not for coming back.

When you're betrayed there's a period of shame and then there's always forgiveness.

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.

Know this, if someone has cheated on you who truly loves you, they have hurt themselves as much as they have hurt you.

There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal those wounds.

I can't think of anything more crushing than slowly, over time, realizing exactly how wrong you were about someone.

Any time there is 'un-forgiveness' between people who love each other, there is suffering. Any time people face challenges that they really don't understand... there is suffering.

The best of friends fall out, and so his teeth had done some years ago.

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.