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Quotes About Regret

We quarreled, he said. Things were said that shouldn't have been said on both sides...
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A man must have vices, expensive ones if possible. Otherwise when he reaches old age he will have nothing to be redeemed from. In fact, I'm going to have one with you, what the hell!
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
No hay segundas oportunidades, excepto para el remordimiento.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Sólo se quiere una vez en la vida, Julián, aunque uno no se dé cuenta
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I ricordi che seppellisci nel silenzio sono quelli che non smettono mai di perseguitarti.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Scavy laughs. "It could have been worse," he says. "We could have grown old together. Got married. Had kids. Worked on the docks for shit pay." "Ewww…" Popcorn says.
~ Carlton Mellick III
A man didn't make mistakes. He made choices. Bad once stayed with him for a long time, but with a little luck and a lot of hard work, hopefully not forever. With planning and diligence, he could make amends.
~ Carly Phillips
de besades que quedaren a flor de llavis, perdudes, sense fer...
~ Carme Riera
I'm not the first or the last to stand on a hillock, watching the man she married prove to the world he's a total, utter, absolute, Grade A pillock. - Mrs Icarus
~ Carol Ann Duffy
I thought of the parable of the prodigal son. We had made merry for the beloved child's return too - but what happens when the beloved child doesn't say she's sorry? The parable doesn't talk about that. Jesus figures of course you're sorry. Jesus, I thought, you blew it. Not everybody is sorry.
~ Caroline B. Cooney
The only good things about his eighteenth year were the things he hadn't done: He hadn't murdered anybody or sold drugs.
~ Caroline B. Cooney
I stalked you. Don't be mad.
~ Caroline B. Cooney
If only she had never stolen Sarah-Charlotte's milk. None of this would have happened.
~ Caroline B. Cooney
Lord, it's only been six months since the last time I was a total jerk, thought Reeve. Am I going to be a total jerk again?
~ Caroline B. Cooney
Poor old Rhett, Sawyer mumbled. What about Rhett? I just feel sorry for him if he does come to Burnt Boot. He won't have a pretty little redhead to watch his back.
~ Carolyn Brown
Yesterday is gone and nothing but a memory. Maybe a bad one, but there's no way to call it back or change it. Tomorrow is just the whisper of a hope. Today is all you got.' You'd
~ Carolyn Brown
How did I fail my son so much that he'd betray what we believe? What great sin have I committed that I have to bear this burden?
~ Carolyn Brown
The past is the past. We can't undo it," Tabby said after a long sigh. "What you did almost two decades ago can't define the future any more than what I did about that same time can determine how tomorrow looks for me. We'd probably all choose to do things different if we could go back, but then we have to ask ourselves if we would be the same people we are today if we could do that.
~ Carolyn Brown
Choices have consequences, Rita. You chose to leave and not look back. Now you have to live with that decision. Like my grandpa used to say, 'Sometimes it's too late to do what you should've been doin' all along.' Anything else you want to talk about?" Graham
~ Carolyn Brown
Lord, give me the strength to fight the battle ahead, she prayed silently, and then looked up at Ruth Ann. "He stormed out of the house, and I never got to tell him I was sorry. A mother never, ever gets over that kind of grief, and I will always blame Matilda for ruining my relationship with my only child.
~ Carolyn Brown
Don't be afraid of dying. Be afraid that you don't make the most of every single day you are alive.
~ Carolyn Brown
Yesterday is gone and nothing but a memory. Maybe a bad one, but there's no way to call it back or change it. Tomorrow is just the whisper of a hope. Today is all you got.
~ Carolyn Brown
What did I do wrong with my children? Everett tries to comfort me, but I feel like a complete failure.
~ Carolyn Brown
There's a time when it's too late to do what you should have been doing all along.
~ Carolyn Brown