If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.Epictetus
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.Honoré de Balzac
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.Honoré de Balzac
You are changed by the people you are closest to, and this has allowed me to forgive myself for the person I once was.Howard Jacobson
I didn't want to become some embittered old hack getting his revenge for the rest of my life. And I didn't want to become some scared creature cowering in a corner. I remember telling myself not to carry the hatred around, although I know where it is. I have it in a trunk in storage.Salman Rushdie