The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one--or both. Usually both.
Susan SontagI am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden.
Jessica LangeSaying sorry doesn't mean there isn't guilt & forgiving doesn't mean that the pain is gone.
Harriet MorganWith a parent, it's always guilt. You want to be there, but you kind of also want to be here.
Heather LocklearI call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient.
Roland Barthes