Somehow the idea that an apology or an expression of remorse makes evil disappear is endemic in this country.
The words come from the second chapter of "The Scarlet Letter" and are spoken in frustration and disgust by an old Puritan woman who watches Hester Prynne, publicly disgraced but without any sign of remorse, making her way from Salem's prison to a scaffold in its market square.
He is all contradictions and remorse, making promises that he doesn't simply break but drops anvils onto.
Look, as anyone that knows me can attest, I'm no radical, and I'm not one to be easily offended by stuff, but listening to Justin Bieber use my language to make a fortune and then mock it repeatedly without remorse makes my blood boil.
The sudden sense of her own remorse had made her words waver, and she was overcome by the vastness of her insult to God.
Justice Cassandra M. Mullen of State Supreme Court voided the plea deal, citing a probation report indicating that Mr. Simmons had shown no remorse and made statements that were "predatory and opportunistic".
In the case of publicist Max Clifford, Dawn says his attitude in court - described by the judge as "contemptuous" and without remorse - made his victims "absolutely more determined".
He basically laughed it off, showed no remorse, and made me feel like an insane person," she said to me over a year later.
He'd basically laughed it off, shown no remorse, and made me feel like an insane person," she said to me over a year later.
Her embarrassment and regret alone are enough to prevent a repeat: "A week of remorse nearly made Meg sick; and the discovery that John had countermanded the order for his new great-coat, reduced her to a state of despair which was pathetic to behold".
