89 Quotes About Apologies

"It's always too late for sorries, but I appreciate the sentiment."

"What man ever openly apologizes for slander? It is not so much a feeling of slander as it is that of a massive lie, a misdeed not only to the slandered but also to those manipulated in the process. He has made them all, every one, his enemies, thereupon he is so overwhelmed with guilt that he will deny it until his grave."

"Apologize: To lay the foundation for a future offence."

"When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don’t get to decide that you didn’t."

"You broke her heart in person—you fix it in person!"

"By the day's end I realized that there were a zillion ways to apologize to someone, but none of them mattered if you never opened your mouth."

"Every time you show your feelings, you apologize. Have you ever had an emotion in your life that you weren't ashamed of?"

"Just this minute, I'll settle for an apology, she decided. And I wont' board the boat without one. Even if Kaz isn't sorry, he can pretend. He at least owes me his best imitation of a human being."

"Don't say you're sorry, ask me how much it cost."