Quotes About Regret

A wet cigarette butt clung to my cheek like a mashed cockroach. I could smell whiskey and beer in my clothes and Gable's blood on my knuckles and I swore I could taste whiskey surging out of my stomach into my throat, like an old friend who has come back in a time of need.

Unfortunately, at a certain age, wanting something you can't be or wanting what you can't have can become a way of life.

I could feel myself slipping inside that dark alcoholic envelope of depression and regret that for long periods had been characteristic of my adult life.

that indeed there is no greater theft than that of time.

You can't change the past and you can't do aught but rue the way you sometimes acted back when you were young and stupid and thought you were immortal. Doesn't prevent you from wishing you could.

It makes it even, but look at us now. We were up on a mountain. We were up so high, Frank. We had it all, out there, that night. I didn't know I could feel anything like that. And we kissed and sealed it so it would be there forever, no matter what happened. We had more than any two people in the world. And then we fell down. First you, and then me. Yes, it makes it even. We're down here together. But we're not up high any more. Our beautiful mountain is gone.

Didn't you go back? I wouldn't give them the satisfaction.

When she got home, Bert came out to meet her, and took her into the den, where Letty was trying to quiet Veda. Letty went back to the kitchen, and Veda broke into loud sobs. Over and over, she kept saying: "I owed her a nickel! Oh, Mother, I cheated her out of it, and I meant to pay it back, but—I owed her a nickel!

Booze, he thought. I chose booze over my Moonflower.

B]ut you remind me of things I can't think about no more. I'm in the last October of life looking for a few more Aprils. I don't want to remember no more.

He ain't dead. They say just his ear's shot off." "That don't sound like me. It ain't smart to shoot a man's ear off. A man ain't got but two.

Shouldn't have looked, boy...

This time I wouldn't forget him, because I couldn't ever forgive him - for breaking my heart twice.

And you're blind? Uh-huh, Iggy said, trying to sound bored. Were you born that way? No. How did you become blind, uh, Jeff, is it? Yeah, Jeff. Well, I looked directly at the sun, you know, the way they always tell you not to. If only I had listened.

And Flock Rule Number Two is, Don't argue with Max or you'll live to regret it. I spun and stomped out to the clearing, turning back for one last jab at Dylan. And by the way, you clearly DON'T know me better than Fang does. Do you see Fang arguing with me? No, you do not. Fang rolled his eyes.

Jeb: I wish I could explain what I'd give just to see you smile again. Max (thinking): How about your head on a stick?

Iggy's spine tightened, his face like ice. When he'd been at the School, they'd tried to surgically enhance his night vision. Now he was blind forever. Oops.

Iggy nodded. "I'm bummed we couldn't use Big Boy," he said. "But I don't want to waste it. We have to actually see them first. I mean, you do." "Maybe tomorrow," the Gasman said encouragingly. "We'll go see what havoc we've wreaked." "Wrought.

Ari! Jeb had finally seen his son. He rushed to Ari's side and knelt next to him. Looking stunned, he gathered Ari's hulking form and held him to his chest. I'm so sorry. I saw his mouth shape the words, though I couldn't hear them. I'm so sorry. He bent over Ari's form, mindless of his vulnerable position.

I was thirty-eight at the time. As the saying goes, if I'd known I was going to live that long, I would have taken better care of myself.

I knew that she was a psychopath, just like Gary. No conscience. I believed that business, the government, Wall Street were filled with people like that. No regret for their actions. Not unless they got caught. Then the crocodile tears started. "What

pique. What was done was done. Junie had asked for coffee

Don't live a life you don't want to talk about.

How did you become blind, uh, Jeff, is it?" "Yeah, Jeff. Well, I looked directly at the sun, you know, the way they always tell you not to. If only I had listened.