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Quotes About Regret

MICHAEL HOLTZAPFEL— * * * THE LAST GOODBYE Dear Mama, Can you ever forgive me? I just couldn't stand it any longer. I'm meeting Robert. I don't care what the damn Catholics say about it. There must be a place in heaven for those who have been where I have been. You might think I don't love you because of what I've done, but I do. Your Michael
~ Markus Zusak
Suzanne trabaja media jornada. Odia a su padre. Y se odia a sí misma por no plantarle cara. Se lamenta de todo. —Pero adoro a Melinda —dice—. Es el toque de belleza en medio de tanta fealdad.
~ Markus Zusak
La memoria me dice que en la parte de atrás [...] había muchos anhelos.
~ Markus Zusak
You are like he was, Keith enlightens me, and just like him you were most likely to die in the same way - a quarter of what you could have been...
~ Markus Zusak
he tried not to look back as the stale bread disintegrated in his stomach. A few times, he shifted again and watched the lights become only a handful
~ Markus Zusak
She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Liesel kissed her best friend Rudy Steiner soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection.
~ Markus Zusak
Keep playing Papa. Papa stopped. He dropped the accordion and his silver eyes continued to rust.
~ Markus Zusak
She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Liesel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. H tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, her lips were fleshy, and she leaned in once more, this time losing control and misjudging it. Their teeth collided on the demolished world of Himmel Street.
~ Markus Zusak
and on most occasions she was sorry to wake up. Everything disappeared when she was asleep.
~ Markus Zusak
Last note from you narrator; I am haunted by humans.
~ Markus Zusak
He must have longed for it so much. He must have loved her so incredibly hard. So hard that he would never ask for her lips again, and would go to his grave without them.
~ Markus Zusak
Qué he hecho?, no dejaba de musitar. [...] Le hubiera gustado consolarlo, pero nunca había visto a un hombre tan deshecho.
~ Markus Zusak
She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Liesel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, she touched his mouth with her fingers.
~ Markus Zusak
innocent Tommy Müller. He still cowered slightly whenever he saw her. "How could I know you were
~ Markus Zusak
Dormía mucho, sin sueños, y casi siempre se arrepentía de despertarse. Dormida, todo desaparecía.
~ Markus Zusak
He must have loved her so incredibly hard. So hard that he would never ask for her lips again, and would go to his grave without them.
~ Markus Zusak
The thought of missing it was eased when she found a gap in the bodies and was able to see the mound of guilt, still intact. It was prodded and splashed, even spat on. It reminded her of an unpopular child, forlorn and bewildered, powerless to alter its fate. No one liked it. Head down. Hands in pockets. Forever. Amen.
~ Markus Zusak
There's my ma, fifty-years old, hightailing around town with some guy while I sit here, in the prime of my youth, completely and utterly alone. I shake my head. At myself.
~ Markus Zusak
I kills me sometimes, the way people die. -Death
~ Markus Zusak
Los primeros días se sentaban a su lado y hablaban con él. El día de su cumpleaños le dijo que si se despertaba abrí un enorme pastel esperándole en la cocina. No se despertó. No hubo pastel.
~ Markus Zusak
We smile a last smile, and I walk away. I feel her watching me, but I don't look back.
~ Markus Zusak
like regret in the shadow of trees and in the glow of an anarchist's suit collection
~ Markus Zusak The Book Thief
You rob time, Fernando. How arrogant you are, taking an evening like this one as though it were some sour cherry, spitting half its flesh into the dirt. Every time you pitch yourself back into the past, you lose time. Have you so much of it to spare, my love?
~ Marlena De Blasi
Tomorrow is never guaranteed to anyone,young or old. Today could be the last time to see your loved ones, which is why you mustn't wait; do it today, in case tomorrow never arrives. I am sure you will be sorry you wasted the opportunity today to give a smile, a hug, a kiss, and that you were too busy to grant them their last wish.
~ MARQUEZ