Quotes About Regret

She would never leave her mark on Mammy's heart the way her brothers had, because Mammy's heart was like a pallid beach where Laila's footprints would forever wash away beneath the waves of sorrow that swelled and crashed, swelled and crashed.

Habíamos disfrutado de un efímero buen momento (no eran tantas las veces que Baba hablaba conmigo, y mucho menos teniéndome sentado sobre sus piernas) y había sido idiota al desperdiciarlo.

Thinking of him, of the anguish of his final days, and my own helplessness in the face of it, makes everything I have done, everything I wanted to do, seem as unsubstantial as the little vows you make yourself as you're going to sleep, the ones you've already forgotten by the time you wake up.

Pentru tine aÈ™ face-o È™i de o mie de ori! a zis. Apoi mi-a zâmbit cu zâmbetul lui de Hassan È™i a disp?rut dup? colÈ›. Nu aveam s?-i mai v?d zâmbetul neruÈ™inat, decât dou?zeci È™i È™ase de ani mai târziu, într-o fotografie È™tears?, f?cut? cu un Polaroid.

Khaled Hosseini

I often convinced myself I had no envy of Hassan.

thought, She's your wife. My mother, we buried. But he knew to stifle those words before they came

Khaled Hosseini

I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who i was going to be. I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan- the way he'd stood up for me all those times in the past- and accept whatever would happen to me. or I could run. In the end, I ran.

Aku sering memuja Baba begitu rupa, dengan intensitas mendekati pemujaanku kepada Tuhan. Tapi saat itu, aku berharap aku bisa menoreh pembuluh nadiku dan mengeluarkan seluruh darah terkutuk Baba dari dalam tubuhku.

There is a way to be good again

But I think a big part of the reason I didn't care about Soraya's past was that I had one of my own. I knew all about regret.

A sadness came over me. Returning to Kabul was like running into an old, forgotten friend and seeing that life hadn't been good to him, that he'd become homeless and destitute.

It Does not Frighten Me To Leave This Life That My Only Son Left Five Years Ago, This Life That Insist We Bear Sorrow Upon Sorrow Long After We Can Bear No More. No I Believe I Shall Gladly Take My Leave When The Time Comes. What Frightens Me Is The Day God Summon Me Before Him And Asks. How Shall I Explain Myself To Him. What Will Be My Defense For Not Heeding His Commads.

Once through this ruined city did I pass I espied a lonely bird on a bough and asked 'What knowest thou of this wilderness?' It replied: 'I can sum it up in two words: 'Alas, Alas!

There are women locked in my womb forever, the memory of their birth. All I can do now is liberate the fruit of their wombs. And it may be too late.

What happened to you, boy? Miss the boat to Heaven, so you stop to visit Hell instead?

Think of it, Dad. What if I have it in me to do that, and I don't try?

she had only made things worse. His angry eyes met hers in the mirror, and she remembered his soft plump infant hand pressed against her cheek, his laughter trilling through the rooms. Another boy altogether, that child. Where had he gone?

But a slow, deeply satisfied smile came over him, and his breath quickened. 'So softly it starts,' he whispered. 'Foolishly clever and with an unsurvivable trust. It just saved your miserable life, that questionable show of thought, my itchy-witch.' Al's smile shifted, becoming lighter. 'And now you will live to possibly regret it.

God, if you ever loved me, open my eyes for me when I'm being this stupid! (Ron)

We were innocent once. How could it have gone so bad?

Double damn. I was a harlot. I was a freaking vampire hussy.

Nick as in my former boyfriend Nick. Ex-rat, ex-boyfriend, ex-alive if I ever got hold of him Nick.