We are keenly aware of the faults of our friends, but if they like us enough it doesn't matter.
Mignon McLaughlinTrue remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.
Mignon McLaughlinIt does not undo harm to acknowledge that we have done it; but it undoes us not to acknowledge it.
Mignon McLaughlinNostalgia for what we have lost is more bearable than nostalgia for what we have never had, for the first involves knowledge and pleasure, the second only ignorance and pain.
Mignon McLaughlin