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Confession is an act of violence against the unoffending.

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Tom StoppardThe Invention of Love

Duntz asked Smith, 'Added up, how much money did you get from the Cutters?' 'Between forty and fifty...

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But I'm not a saint yet. I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict. I'm homosexual. I'm a genius.

The explanation has been written already in the three words that were many enough, and plain enough,...

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Suicide is a confession of failure. And like divorce, it is shrouded in excuses and rationalizations...

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Al AlvarezThe Savage God: A Study of Suicide

... 'You can't read everything. I've never got beyond the beginning of Proust. I love him, but I can...

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A true confession: I believe in a soluble fish.

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Charles SimicThe Unemployed Fortune-Teller: Essays and Memoirs

Christ became our Brother in order to help us. Through him our brother has become Christ for us in t...

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Dietrich BonhoefferLife Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

In confession occurs the breakthrough of the Cross. The root of all sin is pride, superbia. I want t...

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Dietrich BonhoefferLife Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

Why is it that it is often easier for us to confess our sins to God than to a brother? God is holy a...

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Dietrich BonhoefferLife Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

To confess your sins to God is not to tell God anything God doesn't already know. Until you confess ...

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Frederick BuechnerWishful Thinking: A Theological ABC

Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.

Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter only feelings matter. If they could ma...

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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

O miracle—thus to be able to give [peace] we ourselves do not possess, sweet miracle of our empty ha...

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You alone in Europe are not ancient oh ChristianityThe most modern European is you Pope Pius XAnd yo...

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I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither, or follow your party, as soon as possibl...

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Arturo Bandini was pretty sure that he wouldn't go to hell when he died. The way to hell was the com...

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What’s the kindest thing you almost did? Is your fear of insomnia stronger than your fear of what aw...

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With all my soul I wished to be good, but I was young, passionate and alone, completely alone when I...

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Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and ...

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We will never be cleansed until we confess we are dirty. And we will never be able to wash the feet ...

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Wait for that wisest of all counselores, Time.

He was clearly not the murderer whom Hawksmoor was seeking, but it was generally the innocent who co...

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What a man dares to do, he should dare to confess- unless he is a coward.