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Quotes About Regret

How awful is that hour when con, science stings.
~ James Gates Percival
Guilt ripped into her like a rusty, serrated knife. It took up residence in her soul, settling in and getting comfortable so it could saw away ragged pieces of flesh and leave her to bleed.
~ G.S. Jennsen, Vertigo
If only I knew now what I know in the future.
~ Shawn-Dutton Manchester
The best sci-fi stories use the fantastical to remind us of the reality of who we are today, the hope of who we may become tomorrow, and the shame of who we were yesterday.
~ Julio Alexi Genao
That was a stupid idea I made up while drunk. Why did someone build that?
~ Warren Ellis
What happened?""I f***ed Titan.""Ah.""Actually, it was more like 'Yes, please, may I have another?
~ Misty Kayn, Alien Fae Mate
Dammit, Gage. What the hell were you thinking?""I wasn't, " he shouts. "I was upset she wanted to stay, and I lost it."Ethan scoffs. "Yeah, you did.""I'm an idiot.""Yeah, you are.""Shut up.
~ Laura Kreitzer, Burning Falls
Time is a thief. A killer. Time is killing him.
~ Laura Kreitzer, Burning Falls
My death granted immortality.With one look, I knew he'd be my undoing…" Forgotten, book #1 of the Fate Trilogy
~ Sarah J. Pepper
As for you Rose Tyler you gave up on me! That's rude. Is all I am rude and not ginger?" The Doctor
~ Grant Battersby
Crap, make one, two really bad decisions in your life, and you spend the rest of it doubting everything.
~ William Hertling, Kill Process
The most romantic creation to have come out of regret is time-travel
~ Preeti Bhonsle
I can't go back, " said Towser. "Nor I, " said Fowler. "They would turn me back into a dog, " said Towser. "And me, " said Fowler, "back into a man.
~ Clifford D. Simak, City
Never regret anything that made you smile.
~ Mark Twain
Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.
~ Mark Twain
There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned.
~ Nizar Qabbani
Never regret anything that makes you smile.
~ Audrey Hepburn
You shouldn't never regret something that made you smile
~ Maejor
No second chance?" A wry smile twisted Carrick's lips. "There might have been, had I not waited so long to take it.
~ Nora Roberts
Nostalgia paints a smile on the stony face of the past.
~ Mason Cooley
Take back the smile and the night, take it all back, I wish I could.
~ Daniel Handler
Every thought should recall the ruin of a smile.
~ Emile M. Cioran
Too bad the smile was on the face of the wrong man.
~ Jennifer Estep
She had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her.
~ Zora Neale Hurston