“You are not made of metaphors,
Not apologies, not excuses.”

“My domineering lover made no apologies for his caveman tendencies.”

“I apologize.” “you aren’t sorry and don’t apologize.””

“He bumped into a pay phone and said, 'Excuse me, miss,' on our way in," said Julian.

"It's polite to apologize," said Mark with the same small voice.

"Not to inanimate objects.”

“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.”

“Never apologize for showing feeling, my friend. Remember that when you do so, you apologize for truth.”

“Only peons made excusses for themselves she taught me. Never apologize, never explain.”

“If eyes were made for seeing,
Then Beauty is its own excuse for being.”

“Other people apologize and don't mean t "Sorry, but you shouldn't have…" or "Sorry, but I just didn't…" They apologize while telling you that they were right all along, which is the opposite of an actual apology.”

“The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.”