" The old Confession was written by men who knew what it felt like to have done bad things: “We do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us; The burden of them is intolerable.”

Indeed. "

― Julia Spencer-Fleming , All Mortal Flesh (The Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries #5)