Quotes About Regret

É che novanta volte su cento, conoscevi già le reazioni di tutti: qualcuno ti compativa, e ti faceva rimpiangere di non essere stato zitto; un altro suggeriva distrazioni, donne, vino,bagordi, senza capire che quando sei pronto per quelle o stai già meglio o sei all'ultimo stadio, ed è la via intermedia che ti fa star male.

Weep for the lives your wishes never led.

I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue.

Huizi would say, never look back to the past. Never regret. Even if there is emptiness ahead, never look back.

Never look back to the past, never regret, even if there is emptiness ahead.' But I couldn't help it. Sometimes I would rather look back if it meant that I could feel something in my heart, even something sad. Sadness was better than emptiness.

Huizi barely called anyone. He didn't get too involved with the details of his friends' lives. He was private, shut tight like a fortress. His short crew-cut and refined manners gave him the air of a Buddhist monk. Huizi would say never look back to the past. Never regret. Even if there is emptiness ahead, never look back.

No deberíamos haber crecido. Si hubiéramos sabido que ser un adulto es tan aburrido, habríamos jugado mucho más de pequeñas.

The waves of regret were gentle, but I know they would ripple on forever

The waves of regret were gentle, but I knew they would ripple on forever.

I betrayed you," I said, so quietly that I hardly knew it was my own voice. It felt like a lie even though I told the truth. He stood perfectly still. A siren sounded, long and low. "You can't get home. They've stopped the boat," he said. Strangely, I did not think about Mother, or what I would tell her tomorrow. It seemed that tomorrow would never come,(…)

As I traced his profile with my eyes, I realized that I could never ask anything of him again: not caresses, not protection, not warmth. He would never dive into the pool inside me, clouded as it was with the little girl's tears. The waves of regret were gentle, but I knew they would ripple on forever.

I watch the people coming up from the shore road, staring at every girl with even the slightest resemblance to you, and then turning away when I realize my mistake. I perform this ritual over and over, never growing tired. I would gladly repeat my error a thousand times, two thousand times, if it means finding you, you who are wholly unique. Finally, I am at a loss to distinguish between the desire to see you as soon as possible and the pleasant prospect of waiting forever.

Excuse me,- I said, but my voice seemed to disappear into the dark. It was my body. In this gloomy, cramped box, I had eaten poison plants and died, hidden away from prying eyes. Crouching down at the door, I wept. For my dead self.

unable to rid herself of her memories. Poor thing.

Live your life to the fullest; and then, and only then, die. Don't leave any unlived life behind.

The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.

There's no more painful love than the love you feel when you're in a railroad station and you exchange glances with someone whose train is headed in the other direction.

The man who let the love of his life pass him by will end up alone with his regrets and all the sighs in the world won't soothe his soul.

Le regret est un état d'âme. Le remords est un cas de conscience. Et je n'ai ni l'un ni l'autre. (p.57)

Run after her… One day, man will surely be able to catch a comet, but all the glories of this world will not console the man who allows the real opportunity in his life to slip away.

Cel ce lasa sa ii scape dragostea vietii sale va ajunge singur cu regretele sale si toate suspinele lumii nu ii pot aduce alinarea sufletului.

They had the shattered look of people given what they'd wished for.

A family lives here; they are busy and happy and a little messy but someday that won't be so and you'll be sorry.

Why didn't I ask him for his number, address, e-mail — anything? Why? Because I'm in a sodding war zone, that's why. And I'm a soldier. And this wasn't supposed to happen.