Quotes About Regret

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

Life is running backwards. What did I do wrong?

Got something to do with guilt,' Toro said. 'Her mother,neh?' 'Guilt. Longing. Got something to do with all of us.

in the end she had not wanted a life spent treading water in his story. She still did not—and yet she regarded herself in the glass a little ruefully. To have that choice removed by time and age was painful.

I'm just going to have one last blackout in a dirty pink lace dress

The shack, the long hours of darkness illuminated by nothing but candles and moonlight, even the spider—he missed it all. He missed that boy he once was and could never be again. That time when the only life that mattered was his own.

Dear beautiful Spring weather, I miss you. Was it something I said?

You missed a lot of heartache, sure. But David, you missed a lot of joy.

Some days are a total "What the hell was I thinking?

But now, thinking back, it seemed a little silly to be unhappy about a dress when the pilots were dead. If I had it to do over, I would at least have learned their names.

I love you," I whispered. I buried my head against Susan's shoulder. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry I didn't tell you before." "Don't be sorry," she whispered back. "I know you love me. You know I love you too." • •

But I'm used to him not being around, especially when I'm at school. I mostly didn't live with him. So I don't actually miss him even though I'm sorry that he's dead. Sometimes I realize that for a few hours I've forgotten all about him. I think I miss the idea of him more than miss his real self. Does that make me a bad person? I'm afraid it does.

If I could do it over, I would have at least learned their names.

A penny for my thoughts, oh no, I'll sell them for a dollar They're worth so much more after I'm a goner And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin' Funny when you're dead how people start listenin

Of all losses, time is the most irrecuperable for it can never be redeemed.

How mad at me would you be if I hit him really hard? Just once. (Sin)

I've had worse. (Draven) Such as? (Simon) The day my heart was ripped out of me. I assure you the king's executioner could never equal the pain I felt the day I saw our mother die. (Draven)

Damn you for killing my son. I wish you had died in the womb. Better I should have killed myself than ever given birth to a monster such as you. (Sin's Mother) Thank you, Mother. As always, I will cherish your well wishes. (Sin)

She reached up to place her fingertips to his lips as she stared up at him with a warm, tender expression. "I wish you had come home to me so that I could have helped you." He pulled the cloth away from her face and stared at her for a hard second. "Had I known what was waiting for me, my lady, I would have." -Christian and Adara

I think the girl's ruined and you and I are going to hell for it. (Morgan) Given our past sins, I doubt if she'll be the stone that tips the scales of our damnation. (Jake)

She would follow him, and if he made a move to hurt her, she promised herself he would long regret it. At least she would try to make him long regret it. Of course, the worst thing she could probably manage would be to bleed on him. Fine revenge, that. (Serenity)

You have no idea of the things I've seen. I was a pirate–once. I'm not denying that, nor do I make excuses for it. I was young, angry, and desperate. Three things that make a most lethal combination. I wanted blood from the Brits and I wanted blood from my enemy. (Morgan)

Varian, please. I didn't mean what I said.' 'Of course you didn't,' he said snidely. 'No one ever does. People always speak without thought. But it's amazing how much damage thoughtless words can wreak, isn't it?

Sometimes I think we have no present, only the past.