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1 " Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a sin the corrupt or evil man never practices. He always has hope. He never reaches the freezing-point of knowing absolute failure. Only the man of goodwill carries always in his heart this capacity for damnation. "
― Graham Greene
2 " ...there is nothing unforgivable and there are no secrets before an all-knowing merciful God. "
― J.E.B. Spredemann , An Unforgivable Secret (Amish Secrets #1)
3 " I'm not particularly in favor of doctrine or creed, ordination, the elevation of holy texts, the institution of church, or, for that matter, Christianity. Like most religions, it has irreconcilable shortcomings and an unforgivable history. What I do favor is the attempt to make sense of things by living within a story. The Christian story, for good or ill, is my inheritance. "
― Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew , On The Threshold: Home, Hardwood, and Holiness
4 " We need repentance. You see, repentance is not only going to a priest and confessing. We must free ourselves from the obsession of thoughts. We fall many times during our life, and it is absolutely necessary to reveal everything [in Confession] to a priest who is a witness to our repentance.Repentance is the renewal of life. This means we must free ourselves from all our negative traits and turn toward absolute good. No sin is unforgivable except the sin of unrepentance. "
― , Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica
5 " Cal: “I’m not presuming. I know exactly what you think about me. You think I’m an anal-retentive Armrest Nazi . . . an arrogant Modelizer. You can’t stand the way I talk, any of the subjects I choose to talk about, the imperious manner I order food in restaurants or tell cab drivers how much we owe them. You find my taste in women odious, the fact that I don’t own a television an unforgivable sin, and the fact that I would choose to write a book about Saudi Arabia completely unfathomable. And you’re also totally in love with me. If you weren’t you wouldn’t have pushed me into the pool earlier today when you saw Grazi walk in.”Every Boy's Got One "
6 " Life is hard people go through things every day so if you go through things in your life just think about the people that have it worse the people that do things to make it in this unforgivable world the people that sell their body to make money to feed their children "
― David Ramos
7 " That is the one unforgivable sin in any society. Be different and be damned! "
― Margaret Mitchell , Gone with the Wind
8 " This is where happiness sneaks up on you, and you forgive evil people for unforgivable things because they give you a taste of a future you always thought was beyond your reach. "
― Laura Thalassa , The Queen of Traitors (The Fallen World, #2)
9 " That's the unforgivable sin, you know." " What is?" " Refusing to forgive someone." " Refusing to forgive someone is the unforgivable sin?" I asked incredulously. "
10 " Deep down inside, each of us knows what our truths are. It is forgivable to lose them...It is unforgivable not to reclaim them. "
― Holli Kenley , Mountain Air: Relapsing and Finding the Way Back... One Breath at a Time
11 " You're still... Declan?" ----Voice hoarse, he said, " Aye, it's me. I will never be your perfect Viking, Regin! I've made unforgivable mistakes. I've no family or friends, and my men hold no love for me. I'm scarred inside and out. And I'm bloody askin' for you anyway! "
12 " There are some people to whom muddled thinking and self-deception are the two most unforgivable crimes in the world. "
― Margery Allingham , The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion Mystery, #10)
13 " Kathy was a Republican, one of those people who used the unforgivable phrase " meant to be" --usually when describing her own good fortune or the disasters that had befallen other people. "
14 " Halved. That was every time. My laughter was for idiots, for their unjustifiable idiocy and for myself for an unrelenting conviction to them, for that unforgivable instance I leveled myself to them. At that awkward realization knowing I precisely was an idiot too, that was the time when I really began to laugh. "
15 " ...I've been ripped off, lied to, slandered, gossiped about slapped, falsely accused, and had my truths not believed. I've had my heart broken, had my pride stomped on, witnessed unforgivable acts, and heard words that hurt so much I withed that they would not replay in my head, but they did. In all these moments--some tear-soaked, some life-defining, but all character-building moments--I have felt vulnerable. And I believe these feelings of vulnerability--when a person feels scared and alone and overwhelmed and pissed off, wen the sting of unfairness bites deep--while miserable to live through, are the basis for writing compelling fiction. "
― Jessica Page Morrell
16 " That we are capable only of being what we are remains our unforgivable sin. "
― Gene Wolfe , The Claw of the Conciliator
17 " To wish to withstand the Holy Spirit would be the one unforgivable sin. "
― Karl Barth , Evangelical Theology: An Introduction
18 " The really unforgivable acts are committed by calm men in beautiful green silk rooms, who deal death wholesale, by the shipload, without lust, or anger, or desire, or any redeeming emotion to excuse them but cold fear of some pretended future. "
19 " I won’t pretend that I deserve you. I am faithless. I have done unforgivable things. And I am broken.” He gestured to his face and body with trembling hands. “I know you see past these things when you look at me . . . but I hope I can be enough for you.”“What? Enough for me? Gabriel, you are everything. "
― Rachel L. Demeter , Finding Gabriel
20 " We had made the error of staying small – and there is no more unforgivable crime in America. "
― Pat Conroy , The Prince of Tides
