100 Quotes About Sorry

Biting your tongue when you really want to say something can be difficult. But what if there was a way to speak up and get the words out without hurting someone’s feelings or risking your relationship? Well, we know that we’re not all perfect at it, but we’ve listened to all the best people and picked out some of our favorites. We hope these quotes about sorry will help you apologize like a pro and get things moving again.

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I'll understand if you don't want me. But I will be heartbroken. You are all I ever dreamed of and hoped for. You are much, much more. Please know that I didn't think I was mean-minded. But I realize I am. I don't want you to put your arms around me and say it's all right, that you forgive me. I want you to be sure that you do, and my love for you will last as long as I live. I can see no lightness, no humour, no joke to make. I just hope that we will be able to go back to when we had laughter, and the world was coloured, not black and white and grey. I am so sorry for hurting you. I could inflict all kinds of pain on myself, but it would not take back any I gave to you. - David Power. Maeve Binchy
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There are some experiences in life they haven't invented the right words for. Lisa Kleypas
Dexter, I love you so much. So, so much, and...
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Dexter, I love you so much. So, so much, and I probably always will. I just don't like you anymore. I'm sorry. David Nicholls
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Tucker: Why would you tell me now if it's against the rules? Clara: Because I love you. Cynthia Hand
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When you hold a grudge, you want someone else’s sorrow to reflect your level of hurt but the two rarely meet. Steve Maraboli
Chocolate says
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Chocolate says "I'm sorry" so much better than words. Rachel Vincent
I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place...
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I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid. Lois Lowry
Everybody was sorry. Sorry was easy. Sorry was for suckers.
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Everybody was sorry. Sorry was easy. Sorry was for suckers. Gretchen McNeil
Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.
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Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die. Rick Riordan
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..."SORRY."...Just doesn't cut it anymore! Anthony T. Hincks
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Then I realised that I was the god on this occasion. I had tried to help the bluebottle, but it wouldn't let me. And then I felt sorry for God because I understood his frustration. Sometimes when people offer a helping hand, it gets pushed away. People always want to help themselves first. Cecelia Ahern
We have to do it for my mum's sake. Because...
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We have to do it for my mum's sake. Because I'm hoping that the last sorry will be to her. Fredrik Backman
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People in the world ask for forgiveness, but [true] ‘pratikraman’ does not happen by doing that. That is like when people casually say ‘sorry’ or ‘thank you’. There is no significance in that; the significance is of ‘alochana-pratikraman-pratyakhyan’ (acknowledgement of the mistake, repentance and asking for forgiveness for the mistake, remorse and avowal not to repeat the mistake, respectively). Dada Bhagwan
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When clouds of pain loom in the sky When a shadow of sadness flickers by When a tear finds its way to the eye When fear keeps the loneliness alive I try and console my heart Why is it that you cry? I ask This is only what life imparts These deep silences within Have been handed out to all by time Everyone’s story has a little sorrow Everyone’s share has a little sunshine No need for water in your eyes Every moment can be a new life Why do you let them pass you by? Oh heart, why is it that you cry? . Javed Akhtar
I asked myself only when he needed my help,
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I asked myself only when he needed my help, "How will the broken heal the wounded? Sanhita Baruah
Expectations hurt, be it sorry, be it thank you.
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Expectations hurt, be it sorry, be it thank you. Vikrmn
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Sorry” we all say “Sorry” for the wrong things we say and do. But do we always think about the people we love dearly who we say hurtful things to? I don’t think so because if we had think about it sorry wouldn't have become such a popular word today. Sometimes we say so much and act immature as adult. We didn't take the time to realize how much hurt and pain we put that individual in we never took the time to think of the reaction, the feelings and the consequence that we might have to face if what we do turns out to be a matter of life and death.! ! !. Napz Cherub Pellazo
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At times, don’t be forced to play nice with others, especially when their version of playing nice favours them, and is focused on them. Playing nice means working together for a shared result. I’m not sorry for not being able to play nice with everyone, sometimes I only play nice with the best. Tony Curl
Like alcohol and poverty, a heartbreak has the power to...
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Like alcohol and poverty, a heartbreak has the power to make a man do something he wouldn’t normally do and to make a woman do someone she wouldn’t normally do. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Don't be sorry; Don't you cry. It's enough That you...
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Don't be sorry; Don't you cry. It's enough That you tried. I love you, And that won't change. It's not your fault Things worked out this way Margo T. Rose
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And pity--people who inspire it in you are actually very powerful people. To get someone else to take care of you, to feel sorry for you--that takes a lot of strength, smarts, manipulation. Very powerful people. Deb Caletti
Dont feel sorry for no one if they dont feel...
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Dont feel sorry for no one if they dont feel sorry for you Christian O. Ortiz
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On the way home my father said tiredly he hoped some day I'd realize it was necessary to live with people. I didn't understand him. He said a lot of other things that made me feel sorry for him, because he just couldn't stand up to a situation. Dan J. Marlowe
Some of the people we feel sorry for feel sorry...
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Some of the people we feel sorry for feel sorry for us for thinking that they are the ones who should be felt sorry for. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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I’M SORRYI am developing a new board game. It’s called “I’m Sorry.” It’s also a form of “Self-Help Psychological Therapy! ”You take turns moving around the board like Monopoly. But if you land on a Yellow or Green “I’m Sorry Space”… you have to make a Phone call. Both green and yellow cards are labeled- the same with things like: Your Ex, Parental figure, friend, co-worker, boss, children, etc. You get the point… If you land on the yellow space, the game stops, everyone gets quiet and you have to call that person up — on speakerphone. You apologize for something you’ve done in your past. Come on you know you are not perfect and you probably screwed up, hurt or disappointed everyone in your past at one time or another. So you call and you apologize. You explain what you did to them wrong if they forgive you, you move forward 10 places and everyone cheers! No forgiveness back- you move back to the beginning. If you land on the green space- it’s similar. But you call the person up and you try to explain to them how, in someway, they hurt you in the past. If they apologize… cheers and you move forward 10 spaces. No apology… move backward ten spaces. They curse at you- game over. In the original packaging of the yellow and green cards, are mixed in a set of “I’m Sorry Cards.” If you are lucky enough to get to pick up an “I’m Sorry Card, ” it’s like a Get Out of Jail Free Card, and you don’t have to make the call. The only catch is that the cards come hermetically sealed. After opening up the package, and the cards are exposed to air, all of the “I’m Sorry Cards, ” magically turn into “Deal With it Cards! ” And so, you really never get a free ride. In reality, every time you pick up a yellow or green card, you have to- Deal with It! Of course you can always order a new factory set of sealed of “I’m Sorry Cards.” But they only last about 30 minutes and are very expensive, so you’ll have to play fast. Cute Game? Hey, don’t steal my idea! ! !. Unknown
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Depression is like waking up and opening the blinds because your plants need sunlight, but it's 8p.m. It's always 8p.m and you keep apologizing for it. Jenim Dibie
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Maybe that's what writers do- Maybe they exaggerate pain just so that you feel okay about what you're feeling. Sanhita Baruah
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You believe you could not live with the pain. Such pain is not lived with. It is only endured. I am sorry. Erin Morgenstern
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Such is life. Sometimes we do not even want to know how much pain we cause others, for fear of spoiling our own petty pleasures. And when the time comes to face the consequences, it is too late to be sorry. Menelaos Stephanides
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He better call Becky with the good hair. Unknown
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Love forgives and keeps no records of wrongs . Lailah Gifty Akita
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My brain must have felt sorry for me, so it’d created the only type of guy I could touch–a fantasy one. Jennifer L. Armentrout
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People with responsibility and people without responsibility are sorry for each other. Amit Kalantri
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What are you doing?” Alecto asked in surprise, stepping back. Laughing brightly, she dragged him towards the greenhouse, the shattered glass reflecting rainbows as brilliant as a million Kodak flashcubes, glittering as they were cascaded through the breeze. “See, don’t be afraid of the glass, it can’t hurt us, ” Mandy laughed, spectacularly eccentric, her eyes reflecting the fallen glass.“ I wasn’t afraid of the glass, but this isn’t a very secluded place that you just decided to vandalize, ” Alecto cautioned, smiling despite his words. Before Mandy could reply, she heard loud whispering in the air, behind the trees… it sounded like a group of people, all whispering in unison… “Somebody’s out there, ” she exclaimed nervously.“ Yeah, you’re right, ” Alecto replied. Suddenly a sharp new vibrancy seemed to fill his eyes and he smiled coldly, taking the tree branch from Mandy and rapidly smashing in all of Mrs. Matthias’ stained glass house windows with it. Blue, green, yellow, red, turquoise, purple and an array of other colors showered through the sky noisily, sounding like wind chimes and crashing waves. “They’ll go away, ” he told her, glancing up at the sky.“… Alecto, do you like me?” Mandy questioned, holding out her arms like a lopsided scarecrow as the glass fell through her dark red hair.“ Yeah, sure, ” he answered.“ Will you be my friend, then? A real friend, not just another person who feels sorry for me?” Mandy asked.“… Alright, Mandy Valems, ” Alecto agreed. Rebecca McNutt
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I stare past her at the inspirational kitten posters. There's one of a soaking-wet kitten climbing out of a toilet with the caption "it could be worse! "" Just tell me whatever it is you're thinking, " Mrs. Paulsen says. "Whatever is going through your mind right now."" I hope they didn't actually drop a cat in the toilet to get that picture, " I choke out. "...Pardon?""Nothing. Sorry. Robin Stevenson
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You can edit what you write. Why not edit what you say? If it hurts somebody, you can still offer an apology or withdraw your statements Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Words that should cross your lips with ease: thank you, love you, sorry, please. Richelle E. Goodrich
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It is not wrong to feel sorry for yourself. Just like it is not wrong to sit in a puddle of water while the rain pours down on your head. But neither is productive, unless you enjoy feeling cold and miserable and soggy while mascara runs down your face. Richelle E. Goodrich
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Don"t gaze too hard at your belly button Or you will unexpectedly hit rock bottom! Ana Claudia Antunes
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Maybe time would not feel as heavy if I didn't have this guilt - the guilt of knowing the truth and stuffing it down where no one can see it. Veronica Roth
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In any relationship, frequent usage of two words is very important. They can change the course of destiny. These words are — Thank You, and Sorry. Girdhar Joshi
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Apologizing does not always mean you're wrong and the other person is right. It just means you value your relationship more than your ego. Unknown
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What happens when you give people a 2nd chance? They blame you for it. What happens when you give people a 3rd chance? They ridicule you. What happens when you give them a 4th chance? They make sure they will have a 5th. What happens when you give them a 5th? They blame you for everything and laugh at you. What happens when you give them a 6th? At this point, they try to kill you by accident before you even have another chance of leaving them. What happens when you give them a 7th chance? They punish you for all the chances you have given them before and betray you in the most horrible way they can, proving that they didn’t deserve not even one chance at anything. Forgiveness is not for everyone, and those that deserve it never reach the point of even needing it. . Robin Sacredfire
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When you say the word 'sorry' make sure you understand that an apology has 3 parts. "I'm sorry", "It's my fault and I won't do it again" and "How can I make things better". The last part is the most important. Manasa Rao
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Sometimes forgiving someone it's not because he's really sorry and deserved it, but because we were worthy of tranquility. Glad Munaiseche
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When you forgive, you free your soul. But when you say I'm sorry, you free two souls. Donald L. Hicks
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Sometimes we learn the most about forgiveness when we realize how desperately we need it ourselves. Glad Munaiseche
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I'm sorry Penelope." "Don't waste my time with sorries, Simon. If we stop to apologize and forgive each other every time we step on each other's toes, we'll never have time to be friends. Rainbow Rowell
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Apologizing is different from begging, it doesn't change your status, go ahead and get on your knees, spill tears if you got it, for the person you offended, if at all you had a place in their hearts, you'll be totally forgiven and accepted. Michael Bassey Johnson
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There’s a small window of opportunity to apologize sometimes after you’ve terribly wronged someone. It closes. Sometimes forever, but it never opens wide enough again for a good breeze. Darnell Lamont Walker
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One deep breath, one last step and out into oblivion where death held out its arms into a welcoming embrace. Unknown
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True sorrows do not pass like clouds or inclement weather.. Sorrows are absorbed over time, and you reshape yourself around them. How you absorb them makes you what you are for good or ill. I think the only true and right way is to take our sorrows into us bravely and wholly, knowing they will hurt, and accepting that sometimes pain is unavoidable. It is when grief is suppressed or hidden that it does harm . Isobelle Carmody
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Sorry doesn’t make anything better. It’s just a word to fill the space of a loss of words. Shari J. Ryan
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Sorry. Don't need sorry. Not in this house. Sorry laid the hearth here. Sorry ways and sorry people and heavensent grief and heartache to make you pine for your death. Cormac McCarthy
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You know what sucks about sorry? It's the worst word in the world. Because it always happens after you fuck up something good. Brigid Kemmerer
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Just because we're friends, doesn't mean I shouldn't have to say sorry. You deserve that respect. Dorothy Koomson
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The life and friends are two connected things. As life is one we get friends for once too. There could be so many things between friends sometime we get angry on. But If you don't solve and remain angry then that will be your big mistake and it could be just because of your ego. One side can take step to solve it but your ego (that is not fully ego but a kind of ego for that you think you were right at that moment and another one should take step first to feel apologize) never let you to do so. You should be apologize to be a good friend. Now you may think why to apologize if another one doesn't care at all. Then whats the difference between you and that one. You may leave it by thinking you dont need or you may proceed to solve it. It shouldn't be difficult to apologize with friends. . Pawan Mehra
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The life and friends are two connected things. As life is one we get friends for once too.. there could be so many things between friends sometime we get angry on. But If you don't solve and remain angry then that will be your big mistake and it could be just because of your ego. One side can take step to solve it but your ego (that is not fully ego but a kind of ego for that you think you were right at that moment and another one should take step first to feel apologize) never let you to do so. You should be apologize to be a good friend... Now you may think why to apologize if another one doesn't care at all.. Then whats the difference between you and that one. You may leave it by thinking you dont need or you may proceed to solve it. It shouldn't be difficult to apologize with friends.... I'm just sharing this because arround me it has been happening and i just want to let them think before it ends... Pawan Mehra
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Feeling sorry for yourself is a universal solvent of salvation. Paul Hoffman
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People speak broken Swahili on purpose. Business people for instance will speak Sheng — a mixture of Swahili and English — because that’s what people want to hear. And what is the government doing? They speak broken Swahili most of the time. Swahili is getting lost and I am really sorry for the future generations. Enock Maregesi
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One of the greatest ever statement that can keep you at peace with others is that "I am right, but I may be wrong"! Yes, we know you are right but you may be wrong! Israelmore Ayivor
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It does not pay away a penny from you to say "am sorry", "I won't do that again"! It does not take away your integrity to appreciate the very little that you have obtained from someone, even if it's not much! True humility speaks "little is enough if God is in it. Israelmore Ayivor
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For a moment, I almost felt sorry for her. Then the bitch blasted me with her water magic, and I got over it. Jennifer Estep
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I felt her absence. it was like waking up one day with no teeth in your mouth. you wouldn't need to run to the mirror to know they were gone James Dashner
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He lived a quiet existence where the future was easy to predict and the past was a cancer in remission. It was meaningful, of course. But it was lonely. Adelheid Manefeldt
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A conscience without regrets ~ to live life without having to say you're sorry. E.a. Bucchianeri
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...futility is being sorry while doing nothing to remove the cause ... John Geddes
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If using 'was' could be deemed gramatically, or atleast emotionally correct, in the sense that it could relate to something that you actually couldn't do in the past, but want to do right now, then i wanna say, I was sorry, for everything... Allwyn Jose
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If using "was" could be deemed gramatically, or atleast emotionally correct, in the sense that it could relate to something that you actually couldn't do in the past, but want to do right now, then I wanna say, "I was sorry, for everything".. Allwyn Jose
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A sincere and warmly-expressed apology can produce the same effects as morphine on a suffering soul. Richelle E. Goodrich
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I'm so sorry about all you're going through, but I'm not sorry that it brought you to me. Lisa Brown Roberts
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Don't ever say you are sorry for "being caught in the moment". Because, at that moment, that is EXACTLY where you wanted to be. Cody W
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My old man's a white old man And my old mother's black. If ever I cursed my white old man I take my curses back. If ever I cursed my black old mother And wished she were in hell, I'm sorry for that evil wish And now i wish her well My old man died in a fine big house My Ma died in a shack. I wonder were i'm going to die, Being neither white nor black? Langston Hughes
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I’m sorry.’ The two most inadequate words in the English language. Beth Revis
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Ari! " Jeb had finally seen his son. He rushed to Ari's side and knelt next to him. Looking stunned, he gathered Ari's hulking form and held him to his chest. "I'm so sorry." I saw his mouth shape the words, though I couldn't hear them. "I'm so sorry." He bent over Ari's form, mindless of his vulnerable position. James Patterson
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No. I made that choice. I let all that anger and pain get twisted up in my thoughts for you.” He leaned in. “It fucking kills me. Every night. I relive what I did to you every night.” His forehead rested against mine. “Until you, ” he said softly, “I never felt truly helpless. Nenia Campbell
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Here’s the thing, people: We have some serious problems. The lights are off. And it seems like that’s affecting the water flow in part of town. So, no baths or showers, okay? But the situation is that we think Caine is short of food, which means he’s not going to be able to hold out very long at the power plant.”“ How long?” someone yelled. Sam shook his head. “I don’t know.”“ Why can’t you get him to leave?”“ Because I can’t, that’s why, ” Sam snapped, letting some of his anger show. “Because I’m not Superman, all right? Look, he’s inside the plant. The walls are thick. He has guns, he has Jack, he has Drake, and he has his own powers. I can’t get him out of there without getting some of our people killed. Anybody want to volunteer for that?" Silence.“ Yeah, I thought so. I can’t get you people to show up and pick melons, let alone throw down with Drake.”“That’s your job, ” Zil said.“ Oh, I see, ” Sam said. The resentment he’d held in now came boiling to the surface. “It’s my job to pick the fruit, and collect the trash, and ration the food, and catch Hunter, and stop Caine, and settle every stupid little fight, and make sure kids get a visit from the Tooth Fairy. What’s your job, Zil? Oh, right: you spray hateful graffiti. Thanks for taking care of that, I don’t know how we’d ever manage without you.”“ Sam…, ” Astrid said, just loud enough for him to hear. A warning. Too late. He was going to say what needed saying.“ And the rest of you. How many of you have done a single, lousy thing in the last two weeks aside from sitting around playing Xbox or watching movies?“ Let me explain something to you people. I’m not your parents. I’m a fifteen-year-old kid. I’m a kid, just like all of you. I don’t happen to have any magic ability to make food suddenly appear. I can’t just snap my fingers and make all your problems go away. I’m just a kid.” As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Sam knew he had crossed the line. He had said the fateful words so many had used as an excuse before him. How many hundreds of times had he heard, “I’m just a kid.” But now he seemed unable to stop the words from tumbling out. “Look, I have an eighth-grade education. Just because I have powers doesn’t mean I’m Dumbledore or George Washington or Martin Luther King. Until all this happened I was just a B student. All I wanted to do was surf. I wanted to grow up to be Dru Adler or Kelly Slater, just, you know, a really good surfer.” The crowd was dead quiet now. Of course they were quiet, some still-functioning part of his mind thought bitterly, it’s entertaining watching someone melt down in public.“ I’m doing the best I can, ” Sam said.“ I lost people today… I… I screwed up. I should have figured out Caine might go after the power plant.” Silence.“ I’m doing the best I can.” No one said a word. Sam refused to meet Astrid’s eyes. If he saw pity there, he would fall apart completely.“ I’m sorry, ” he said.“ I’m sorry. . Michael Grant
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He said 'sorry, ' They all fucking say sorry... Sorry is a word, it fixes nothing; it just makes the perpetrator feel a little less like the arsehole he is. Mercy Cortez
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The problem with saying or feeling 'sorry' is that it often comes after the damage is already done. (..........and a damage is a damage, small or big, it always leave an ugly mark on one's soul) Asma Naqi
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I don't break down, " she announced. "Got it?" He got it. He was already pulling back, looking ashamed of himself, but somehow he was still holding her wrist." I never break down. I'm a lawyer. Unknown
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They hate us because we are atheists and we feel sorry for them because they are religious. M.F. Moonzajer
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Tell me you're sorry. Tell me you don't hate me enough to hurt me this way. Chelsea Pitcher
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To think I actually talked to the boy who nearly got you killed, " Ivy mutters, shuddering with disgust. "I'm so sorry I did."" It's okay. You didn't know, " I reassure her as we take a seat on some pool chairs." But you told me before what his appearance was. I should have recognized him! "" It's fine, Ivy. Even if you did your best to avoid him, he would've found way to hit on you eventually." Ivy wrinkles her nose at the unfamiliar language. " 'Hit on'? What does that mean?"" Flirting. Or, for Dunstan, more like a procedure. He's been hitting on any pretty girl he sees ever since he and Melanie broke up. I don't know if he's doing this to make her jealous or what, but it's really annoying." I look back up to see Ivy go rigid. For some reason she looks classically surprised; her hand is over her mouth, and the rosy blush is back with a vengeance, " Ivy? You okay?" Ivy removes her hand, muttering something so quietly I can't hear it." Sorry?"" You called me pretty." The moment those words are said, Ivy stares down at her feet as her face gets brighter." Well, yeah, " I murmur, my face hot. "You really are beautiful tonight, Ivy. Colleen Boyd
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I said ”I love you so much it’s killing me”and you kept saying sorryso I stopped explainingfor it never made sense to youwhat always did to meto let what you love kill youand never regret. As Romeo is dying Juliet says” I am willing to die to remain by your side”and love was never a static place of restbut the last second of euphoriawhile throwing yourself out from a 20 store windowto be able to say” I flew before I hit the ground”, and it was glorious. Don’t be sorry. The fall was beautiful, dear. The crash was beautiful. Charlotte Eriksson
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First off, ” he said, “I want to say I’m sorry about E.Z. He was a good kid. He didn’t deserve…” For a moment he almost lost it as a surge of emotion welled up from nowhere. “I’m sorry he died.” Someone sobbed loudly.“ Look, I’m going to get right to it: we have three hundred and thirty-two… I’m sorry, three hundred and thirty-one mouths to feed, ” Sam said. He placed his hands on his hips and planted his feet wide apart. “We were already pretty bad off for food supplies. But after the attack by the Coates kids…well, it’s not pretty bad off, anymore, it’s desperate.” He let that sink in. But how much were six-and eight-year-olds really grasping? Even the older kids looked more glazed than alarmed.“ Three hundred and thirty-one kids, ” Sam reiterated, “And food for maybe a week. That’s not a long time. It’s not a lot of food. And as you all know, the food we have is awful.” That got a response from the audience. The younger kids produced a chorus of gagging and retching sounds.“ All right, ” Sam snapped. “Knock it off. The point is, things are really desperate. Michael Grant
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He was sorry for himself as well, for he was doomed to find life and identity in death letters. Mahesh Poudyal
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Sorry, but at first yeah all lie, but you forgot to say that the truth comes from the lies. (Especially for GreenHollyWood) Deyth Banger
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Where’s Dekka?” Astrid asked.“ In the basement, ” Edilio said. “She kept going for a long time. Her and Orc and Jack. But she’s sick. Tired and sick. And she got a bad burn on one hand. That was it for her. I made her go to Dahra. Lana will…you know, when she’s done with… Man, I’m sorry, ” he said as he began crying again. “I can’t be digging graves. Someone else has to do that, okay? I can’t do that anymore. Michael Grant
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Jonah is something. Jonah’s opinion matters. And she doesn’t want him to hurt because of her. She and Jonah will never be what they were. Too much has happened. But maybe they could become something else. She decides to take the first step. “Jonah, ” she says. He looks over at her. “I’m sorry, ” he says, voice low.“ Don’t be. I forgive you, ” she tells him. It sounds so formal. I forgive you. But it helps to say it out loud.“ Thanks. I don’t know if I deserve that. But thanks.”“ You do. Of course you do.” Hallelujah says it firmly. “And–I want to.” I’ve missed you, she adds silently. She’s not ready to say that part. Not yet. Kathryn Holmes
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Nick leans down and kisses my eyelids. “Loving you, Zara, is a full-time job. It’s a great job, don’t get me wrong. It’s the best job in the universe. But it is not easy, because you tend to .”“Get hurt?” Betty suggests. “Find trouble? Pass out? Break arms?”“ All of the above.” Nick laughs. My hand finds Nick’s wrist and I grab onto its thickness. “You know, I’m the patient here. Where’s the bedside manner? Where’s the sympathy?”“ Zara, sympathy is just a good excuse to buy greeting cards and make sorry eyes and secretly gloat over how glad you are that you aren’t the person whose crap is hanging out there for the world to see, ” Betty says. . Carrie Jones
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Apologize! That's the least you can do to try to make right something you have wronged. Sanhita Baruah
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He still loved her–and every moment that he didn’t have her hurt him deeply. That was why he’d spent the past nine days with a shadow of her soul, why he’d sought to reset the entire universe to have her back. Lauren Kate
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Never believe you're so great or important, so right or proud, that you cannot kneel at the feet of someone you hurt and offer a humble, sincere apology. Richelle E. Goodrich
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Henry flopped onto his bed, and his steam leaked slowly out. He began telling himself a story in his head. It was about how just and kind and understanding he was. It was about right he had been, how necessary his tone and word choice. It was about a girl who just didn't understand, who was completely ignorant. Then, for some reason, the narrator of the story included an incident in which Henry ha pushed an envelope into a strange place just to see what would happen. It hadn't even been an accident. The incident did not fit with the rest of the story, so Henry tried to ignored it. He couldn't ignore it, so he tried to explain it. Completely different things. The post office was obviously not dangerous. It was yellow. I just wanted to see what the mailman would do. The flashlight was stupid. I didn't shine a flashlight into the post office. She didn't even act sorry. I would have acted sorry. I always act sorry when people get upset. She didn't even care that I probably saved her life. She didn't know. She was unconscious. Oh, shut up. . N.D. Wilson
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I’m sorry. Oh, what simple words are these! I’m sorry. Lips should breathe them out with ease! But nay, in barring up the way, “ I’ll die first” are the words you say. I’m sorry, woe is all pride guarantees. Richelle E. Goodrich
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Saying 'I'm sorry' is saying 'I love you' with a wounded heart in one hand and your smothered pride in the other. Richelle E. Goodrich
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Who cares who's right or wrong when the last word is a kind apology? Richelle E. Goodrich
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Hey, Shell-bell, " I say, leaning over her and wiping her face with a napkin. "It's the first day of school. Wish me luck." Shelley holds jerky arms out and gives me a lopsided smile. I love that smile." You want to give me a hug?" I ask her, knowing she does. The doctors always tell us the more interaction Shelley gets, the better off she'll be. Shelley nods. I fold myself in her arms, careful to keep her hands away from my hair. When I straighten, my mom gasps. It sounds to me like a referee's whistle, halting my life. "Brit, you can't go to school like that."" Like what?" She shakes her head and sighs in frustration. "Look at your s . Simone Elkeles
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My eyes meet his eyes.“ You were a jerk, ” I say. His hands move to my cheeks. “I’m sorry.” I pull away, but I can only go an inch before I bump into lacrosse sticks, not that I really want to go any farther. “Nope. No way. You do not get to kiss me yet.” He pouts. Carrie Jones
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She pushed off her toes toward me, guiding my head down, and gently kissed my lips. No. This wouldn’t be goodbye. I’d fill her up and make her realize she’d always be empty witho Katie Mcgarry