Quotes About Regret

So far, the biggest regret I have in regards to the world of 'Red Queen' is that I didn't get to world-build enough. I don't think I did enough work explaining how the world came to be, and while I'm planning to go more into it, I'm a greedy writer, and I'm always going to wish I had more room to delve into the complexities of a fantasy realm.

I have tons of regrets, but I think that's one of the reasons that push people to create things. Out of their angst, their regret, comes the best from artists, painters and writers.

I do not regret the years I spent reading the traditional canon of white male writers in school. I do regret reading so little else there: Austen, George Eliot and occasionally Woolf, likewise Wright, Ellison, Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks.

When the dawn light is coursing through the slats in the shutters at last, making thin stripes on the floor, she, tossing, decides that for every human soul there must surely be a possible childhood worth living, but once it slips by, there isn't any reclaiming it or revising it.

You mean you indulged in adultery and you dont' even have the benefit of a good saucy memory about it.

It seems there is no shortage of regret among the young -- but then, they are young, they make mistakes. They have time to correct them and the courage to admit their failings aloud.

Damn the human stomach, this fat betrayor of ideals

You lost your copper as well as your faith in wishes, and prayers.

But then, no one ever experienced anyone else's life. That was the curse of individuality, and maybe the safety of it, too. The privacy of shame, of regret.

I would leave me were I him. I would leave myself if I could.

It seems there is no shortage of regret among the young — but then, they are young, they make mistakes. They have time to correct them and the courage to admit their failings aloud. Adults should try it. But frankly, I think it's a miracle that adults can manage to speak to one another at all, and that the entire species doesn't take a universal vow of silence. Some days I wish it would.

I didn't think friendship required this much, snapped Elphaba to Boq, I was better off before.

Regret could disguise itself in a thousand veils, you could perish before having the strength to drag the last one away.

The funeral was modest, a love-her-and-shove-her affair.

A more ancient precedent of ransom, that we may not always be tormented by our shame.

It's so easy to wish that we'd made an effort in the past, so that we'd happily be enjoying the benefit now, but when now is the time when that effort must be made, as it always is, that prospect is much less inviting.

There are times in the lives of most of us," observed William Edward Hartpole Lecky, "when we would have given all the world to be as we were but yesterday, though that yesterday had passed over us unappreciated and unenjoyed.

The words of the writer Colette had haunted me for years: "What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.

It struck me, in fact, that all of my work on habits and happiness was meant to help us construct, as much as possible, just that: everyday life in Utopia. Everyday life with deep, loving relationships and productive, satisfying work; everyday life with energy, health, and productivity; everyday life with fun, enthusiasm, and engagement, with as little regret, guilt, or anger as possible.

What am I waiting for?     What would I do if I weren't scared?     What steps would make things easier?     What would I do if I had all the time and money in the world?     If I were looking back at this decision, five years from now, what will I wish I'd done?

One regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality. —OSCAR WILDE

gave up Nutella in December 2011. A few years later I thought I would be able to handle the Nutella once more so I bought two jars on sale. I ate 4,000 calories of Nutella over 36 hours.

By helping us to feel energetic and happy, healthy treats can play a key role in fostering good habits, but we must guard against the temptations of unhealthy treats. The pleasure lasts a minute, but then feelings of guilt, regret, loss of control, and other negative consequences kick in.

He felt a wistfulness for things lost and irretrievable.