If only it were possible to love without injury — fidelity isn’t enough: I had been faithful to Anne and yet I had injured her. The hurt is in the act of possession: we are too small in mind and body to possess another person...
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Graham Greene
She looks at the swings, and I can see she’s imagining what they’d look like if the kids weren’t there. The guilt of this holds her down momentarily. It appears to be there constantly. Never far away, despite her love for them. I realize that...
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Markus Zusak
But I have my life, I’m living it. It’s twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there’s something there.
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Banana Yoshimoto
It's exhausting, the energy it takes to unknow a truth.
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Chuck Palahniuk
He didn’t deserve compassion. Sympathy. Not even understanding. He deserved worse, far worse than he had ever been given.
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V.S. Carnes
More Quotes By Andrea Randall
I just... I've fantasized about peace and quiet for so long, dreamt about being left alone...but when the TV was off, and the sun was down... I'm in a full sob right now. I've just never felt so alone, and I couldn't take it.
But, the thing about guilt is, no one can take away for you; you have to unpack it yourself.
Guilt is intense. Suffocating. A brick, tied quietly around your ankles while you sleep. You never fall slowly into guilt-you wake up with little time to take your last breath before being pulled under.
Heroes don't always have capes, badges or uniforms. Sometimes, they support those who do.
