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.

Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.

Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.

I wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I don't.

It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt.

It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt."We stay in the silence and the loneliness of the otherwise empty dormitory for a few more minutes, and I try to let her words work themselves into me.

I should have forgiven him.”“Maybe. Maybe there’s more we all could have done,” he says, “but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.”I frown and pull back. That is a lesson that members of Abnegation learn – guilt as a tool, rather than a weapon against the self.

Let the guilt teach you how to behave next time,