Quotes About Regret

No señor, miedo de tener que enfrentarme a lo que no hice

And so they went, down the row of laughing women, around the diningroom, refilling coffee cups, dishing out goodies as though their only regret was the temporary domestic disaster of losing Calpurnia.

There was no point to say you were sorry if you weren't.

Come hanno potuto, come hanno potuto fare una cosa simile? Non lo so, ma l'hanno fatto. L'hanno fatto prima e l'hanno fatto stasera e lo faranno ancora, e quando lo fanno... pare che piangano solo i bambini

She rubbed salt into it: I'm thoughtless, all right. Selfish, self-willed, I eat too much, and I feel like the Book of Common Prayer. Lord forgive me for not doing what I should have done and for doing what I shouldn't have done—oh hell.

Nu, dom'le, mi-era team? s? nu ajung la judecat?, cum am ?i ajuns. - ?i-era team? s? nu fii arestat, ?i-era team? c? vei da socoteal? de ce-ai f?cut? - Nu, dom'le, mi-era team? c? o s? dau socoteal? de ceea ce n-am f?cut.

There was no point in saying you were sorry if you aren't.

I regret to say I'm unable to reply to your unexpressed desires.

Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That's part of what it means to be alive.

For a long time, she held a special place in my heart. I kept this special place just for her, like a Reserved sign on a quiet corner table in a restaurant. Despite the fact that I was sure I'd never see her again.

People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely. It's too easy not to make the effort, then weep and wring your hands after the person dies.

If I stayed here, something inside me would be lost forever—something I couldn't afford to lose. It was like a vague dream, a burning, unfulfilled desire. The kind of dream people have only when they're seventeen.

Never let fear and stupid pride make you lose someone who's precious to you.

But you know Hajime, some feelings cause us pain because they remain.

The right words always seemed to come too late.

You are a pastel-colored Persian carpet, and loneliness is a Bordeaux wine stain that won't come out

Hajime, she began, the sad truth is that some things can't go backwards. Once they start going forward, no matter what you do, they can't go back to the way they were. If one little thing goes awry, then that's how it will stay forever.

She knew that my memories of her would fade. Which is precisely why she begged me never to forget her, to remember that she had existed. The thought fills me with an almost unbearable sorrow. Because Naoko never loved me.

But thing in the past are like plate that's shattered to pieces. You can never put it back together like it was, right?

But it's strange, isn't it? Eri said. What is? That amazing time in our lives is gone, and will never return. All the beautiful possibilities we had then have been swallowed up in the flow of time.

One day, I lost sight of her. I happened to glance away for a moment, and when I turned back, she had disappeared.

It's unfair. As a rule, life is unfair, I said. Yeah, but I think I did say some awful things. To Dick? Yeah. I pulled the car over to the shoulder of the road and turned off the ignition. That's just stupid, that kind of thinking, I said, nailing her with my eyes. Instead of regretting what you did, you could have treated him decently from the beginning. You could've tried to be fair. But you didn't. You don't even have the right to be sorry.

I'm struck by how pitiful and pointless this little container called me is, what a lame, shabby being I am. I feel like everything I've ever done in life has been a total waste.

There's that kind of money in the world. It aggravates you to have it, makes you miserable to spend it, and you hate yourself when it's gone. And when you hate yourself, you feel like spending money. Except there's no money left. And no hope.