“Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa”

“Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa”—my fault, my fault, my most grievous fault—as she pounded her fist to her chest three times as if pounding shut a door to keep her guilt from escaping.”

“No entiendo por qué los mundanos siempre se disculpan por cosas que son culpa suya. [pp.189]”

“No, no," Mr. Darling always said, "I am responsible for it all. I, George Darling, did it. MEA CULPA, MEA CULPA." He had had a classical education.”

“Sleeping in the same bed with someone to whom you can admit your failings is a lasting comfort indeed. This is not about "mea culpa" as surrender, it is about "mea culpa" as mortar in binding together the uneven bricks of a human foundation.”

“Jem is my greatest sin.”

“When I think of you, and you are not there, I see you in my mind's eye always with a book in your hand.”