{"quotes":[{"text":"What a man dares to do, he should dare to confess- unless he is a coward.","author":"Rafael Sabatini","tags":["admitting-faults","bravery","confession","coward","cowardice","dare","daring","owning-up","stand-by-your-actions"],"id":436,"author_id":"Rafael+Sabatini"},{"text":"I'm not always the best at expressing myself to you, so I'm taking advantage of the fact that I will be completely unresponsive when you read this, and therefore incapable of messing things up.","author":"Amy Plum","tags":["confession","letter","romantic"],"id":2754,"author_id":"Amy+Plum"},{"text":"A delicate balance is required: keep the penitent tautly close to the point of recognizing sin, and then allow the relief of that pressure to flow through forgiveness. Confession increases this tautness, only to clear the path for release.","author":"Thomas C. Oden","tags":["confession","forgiveness","repentance","sin"],"id":3963,"author_id":"Thomas+C.+Oden"},{"text":"Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.","author":"Dorothy Dix","tags":["confession","truth"],"id":5085,"author_id":"Dorothy+Dix"},{"text":"Confession breaks the power of canceled sin. It also heals the broken heart.","author":"Mark Batterson","tags":["confession","sin"],"id":6732,"author_id":"Mark+Batterson"},{"text":"I treat my thoughts like an old person treats their valuables: I cannot for the life of me proceed to throwing them out.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["artist","belief","brain","cognition","confession","consideration","creativity","creed","death","discard","funny","funny-but-true","habits","honesty","humor","instinct","intellectual","intuition","irrational","knowledge","life","logic","mind","negativity","old-habits","old-person","opinion","original-thought","positivity","precious","psychology","rational","rationalization","sentimental","stubborn","think","thinker","thinking","thought","thoughts","tradition","treasure","valuable","wisdom"],"id":6887,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Christ became our Brother in order to help us. Through him our brother has become Christ for us in the power and authority of the commission Christ has given him. Our brother stands before us the sign of the truth and the grace of God. He has been given to us to help us. He hears the confession of our sins in Christ's stead and he forgives our sins in Christ's name. He keeps the secret of our confession as God keeps it. When I go to my brother to confess, I am going to God.","author":"Dietrich Bonhoeffer","tags":["confession","god","jesus-christ","spiritual-friendship"],"id":7241,"author_id":"Dietrich+Bonhoeffer"},{"text":"Dear Matthew-There's one more thing I didn't get to tell you that night in my bedroom. Here it is: I love you. I'm in love with you. I have been for a long time. This might seem like a strange thing for me to say given the fact we aren't speaking to each other. But I've decided that it's possible to love someone for entirely selfless reasons, for all of their flaws and weaknesses, and still not succeed in having them love you back. It's sad perhaps, but not tragic, unless you dwell forever in the pursuit of their elusive affections.","author":"Cammie McGovern","tags":["complete","confession","declarations-of-love","in-love","love","sad","starcrossed-lovers","tragic","unrequited-love","young-adult"],"id":7339,"author_id":"Cammie+McGovern"},{"text":"Go figure, that happened to be his same style of flirtation as well—annoy her half to death until, before she could stop herself, she confessed her deep darks and bonded with him to a degree she never had before.","author":"Katherine McIntyre","tags":["annoy","banter","bonding","confession","flirt","flirtation","secrets","shifters"],"id":10999,"author_id":"Katherine+McIntyre"},{"text":"Remember what I used to tel you when you were a little girl? ‘A fool and her money soon part.’ Current-day translation? Stop pissing away your assets at Bloomingdale’s.","author":"Sophie Kinsella","tags":["addict","addiction","bloomingdales","confession","money","shop","shopaholic","shopping"],"id":12416,"author_id":"Sophie+Kinsella"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":159,"pages":16,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}