Quotes About Regret

And yet, my girl, we weep in vain, In vain our fate in sighs deplore; Remembrance only can remain, But that, will make us weep the more.

Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be. [First published, Childe Harold, 1812

...Lovers are Like walking ghosts, they always haunt the spot Of their misdeeds.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

I bitterly recalled that I had no arms.

We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.

You are a sorry creature, Flashman. I have failed in you. But even to you I must say, this is not the end. You cannot continue here, but you are young, Flashman, and there is time yet. Though your sins be as red as crimson, yet shall they be as white as snow. You have fallen very low, but you can be raised up again …

I should have known better than to cheat a friend / And waste the chance that I'd been given / So I'm never gonna dance again / The way I danced with you.

Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell.

you can't live life without consequences. They occur regardless of the decision. A consequence is an outcome, good or bad. You can live life without regrets and thats what makes it worth it. Or you could live with regret and end up hanging yourself but thats still good. You paid for the rope so your feeding someones family. Something to be proud of before you kick the bucket

Las palabras son como flechas, Arianne. Una vez lanzadas no hay manera de hacerlas volver.

Go drink until it feels like you did the right thing.

I only know she was the only thing I ever wanted. Someone took her away from me and Seven Kingdoms couldn't fill the hole she left behind.

If I had stabbed the mad king in the belly instead of the back, would you admire me more?

Warum sollte der Tod einen Mann ehrlicher oder gar klüger machen? Die Toten sind wahrscheinlich dumme Kerle, die sich unaufhörlich beklagen - die Erde ist zu kalt, mein Grabstein sollte größer sein, warum hat er mehr Würmer als ich...

When the opportunity was at your hand, you did not dare to seize it. When the opportunity was lost, it became precious.

Nothing makes the past a sweeter place to visit than the prospect of imminent death.

I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave.

Words are like arrows, Arianne. Once loosed, you cannot call them back.

The years leech at a man's memories, even those he has vowed never to forget.

She went to the window seat and sat there, sniffling, hating them all, and herself most of all. It was all her fault, everything bad that had happened.

I stayed sober for this?

I'm sorry that I never trusted you. I don't know how to do that anymore.

I did not do it. Yet now I wish I had.' He turned to face the hall, that sea of pale faces. 'I wish I had enough poison for you all. You make me sorry that I am not the monster you would have me be, yet there it is. I am innocent, but I will get no justice here.