Quotes About Regret

My friends, if we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love and behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be cursed with the aching throb of unfulfilled business. Our words will always be sincere, our embraces will be tight. We will never wallow in the agony of 'I could have, I should have.' We can sleep in a storm. And when it's time, our good-byes will be complete.

I collected the papers, wrapped them back in the rubber band, and felt a small grief, like a person who discovers, upon returning from a trip, that something has been left behind and there is no way now to retrieve it.

Nothing haunts like the things we don't say.

Every one knows they 're going to die, but nobody believes it... If we did, we would do things differently.

You know, we bungled a number of important cases – regrettably. Of course, who wants to read about the failures? I certainly don't.

brother had done. He pushes the boots to one side and

There is in such situations usually a moment of passion during which the unthinkable is said; this is followed by a sense of euphoria at finally being liberated; the world seems fresh, as if seen for the first time; then comes the inevitable period of doubt, the desperate and doomed backpedaling of regret; and only later, once emotions have receded, is one able to view with equanimity the journey through which one has passed.

Lina bolted up in the morning, thinking she'd slept in. She pined for regular days, which used to include heat, bees, a messy room, songs, a crush. Now she would never have them again.

But would I have chosen to be Paul? I'd miss Will too much, the feel of his shins.

If she could leave him so easily, if it was as easy as that, then why did she ever begin it?

Certain things, examined in the frozen light of retrospect, were simply unforgivable. He

He had not loved his son enough. This knowledge lived like a malignancy on his heart.

Má, please do not cry. I know I could have bought bread with it, a room for the night. I could have bought acts of love with it, but I could have never bought back the years of your life. Sorrow, even when tempered by sweat and toil into a whisper weight of gold, is still sorrow. Worthless to us both in the end, Má. Better that a stranger circles the globe with it than your youngest son.

Years of alcohol can do that to a person, make him dead but not departed, make him indelible to those who have had the misfortune of sharing his name.

Pas de doute, avec ce jour, j'ai vécu un de plus que je n'aurais dû

Then, after he'd watched her walk out, a wave of melancholy swept over him and for the thirtieth time that day he regretted that he hadn't just become a pharmacist, or a charter captain, or something that made you feel more alive, like a pirate.

I have had many successes and many failures in my life. My successes have always been for different reasons, but my failures have always been for the same reason: I said yes when I meant no.

My grandpa always said asking a question is embarrassing for a moment, but not asking is embarrassing for a lifetime.

When in my present lonely lot, I feel my past has not been free From sins which I remember not, I dread more, what to come, may be.

The monotony stirs many bitter recollections

Sve je besciljno na mome putu kroz oblake. Stid me je što me postojani mjesec uop?e gleda.

Saving and pinching to get married, you're losing the best time of your life.

One of the greatest tragedies in life is to watch potential die untapped.

Ti amo, Madame Escoffier.» «Ci sono state delle volte in cui l'hai dimenticato.» Non replicò nulla. Era vero e lo sapevano entrambi. «Essere dimenticati è la cosa più triste al mondo», affermò lei.