Regret Quotes - Page 39

• He snarled at me. "This isn't over yet, Betsy." "Excellent," I said. "I would also have accepted 'You haven't seen the last of me' and 'You'll regret this'.

  MaryJanice Davidson

  Lasts, Excellent, Accepted

  MaryJanice Davidson (2010). “Undead And Unappreciated: Number 3 in series”, p.144, Hachette UK

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• So if there is something on the planet that is worth living for, I'd better not miss it, because once you're dead, it's too late for regrets, and if you die by mistake, that is really, really dumb.

  Muriel Barbery

  Mistake, Missing, Dumb

  "The Elegance of the Hedgehog". Book by Muriel Barbery, September, 2008.

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• The humiliation that Jane had felt turned to something else--grief perhaps, or regret. Regret that she had not known how to act with a boy, regret that she had not been wiser.

  Beverly Cleary

  Grief, Boys, Dating

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• History overflows time. Love overflows the allowance of the world. All the vessels overflow, and no end or limit stays put. Every shakable thing has got to be shaken. In a sense, nothing that was ever lost in Port William ever has been replaced. In another sense, nothing is ever lost, and we are compacted together forever, even by our failures, our regrets, and our longings.

  Wendell Berry

  Community, Forever, Together

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• I'm not big on regret. It's not on my schedule.

  Joss Whedon

  Schedules, Bigs

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• He let out a long sorry sigh and I love that look on his face, that disappointment. I understand now why girls resist,just for that sweet look of regret.

  Kathryn Stockett

  Girl, Sweet, Sorry

  Kathryn Stockett (2011). “The Help”, p.375, Penguin UK

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• One day, perhaps, you will see for yourself that regrets are as nothing. The value lies in how they are answered.

  Steven Erikson

  Lying, One Day, Values

  Steven Erikson (2009). “House Of Chains: Malazan Book Of The Fallen 4”, p.320, Random House

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• she wonders if we feel more regret for the things we do or for the things we didn't do

  Deb Caletti

  Wonder, Feels, Ifs

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• My VIP patients often regret so many things on their deathbeds. They regret the bitterness they'll leave in people's hearts. They realize the no money, no church service, no eulogy, no funeral procession no matter how elaborate, can remove the legacy of a mean spirit.

  Abraham Verghese

  Heart, Mean, Church Service

  Abraham Verghese (2012). “Cutting for Stone”, p.255, Random House India

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• The advance of regret can be so gradual that it is impossible to say "yesterday I was happy, today I am not.

  E. M. Forster

  Yesterday, Today, Impossible

  E. M. Forster (2016). “Where Angels Fear to Tread: England Literature”, p.37, 谷月社

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• If I never have anything from him except this one moment I am going to take it. Take it now, or drown in regret later.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Moments, Ifs

  Lisa Kleypas (2015). “The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy”, p.403, St. Martin's Press

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• ...I can't possibly take time off for a second baby, unless I do, in which case that is nobody's business and I'll never regret it for a moment unless it ruins my life.

  Tina Fey

  Baby, Ruins, Moments

  "Confessions of a Juggler" by Tina Fey, www.newyorker.com. February 14 & 21, 2011.

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• I could never regret you. Us

  Susan Mallery

  Never Regret

  Susan Mallery (2011). “Only Mine”, p.162, Harlequin

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• I didn't want to hurt you," she blurted. "I never wanted to be someone you would regret. I'm not afraid for me. I'm afraid for you.

  Susan Mallery

  Hurt, Want, Not Afraid

  Susan Mallery (2011). “Only Mine”, p.162, Harlequin

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• If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?

  Jose Saramago

  Today, Does It Matter, Tomorrow

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• But instead of taking the cue to leave, Patch crossed to Scott in three steps. He flung him around to face the wall. Scott tried to get his bearings, but Patch slammed him against the wall again, disorienting him further. “Touch her,” he said in Scott’s ear, his voice low and threatening, “and it’ll be the biggest regret of your life.” Before leaving, Patch flicked his eyes once in my direction. “He’s not worth it.” He paused. “And neither am I.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Wall, Eye, Voice

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2010). “Crescendo”, p.212, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't make me regret this", I said breathless. "You haven't regretted me once.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Said, Breathless, Havens

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.391, Simon and Schuster

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• He looked at her. "I will miss you, Montana. For the first time in my life, I'll regret leaving someone behind.

  Susan Mallery

  Missing, Leaving, Montana

  Susan Mallery (2011). “Only Yours”, p.131, Harlequin

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• I understood finally that the thing I should have feared most was not loss, but never loving. The price for safety was the regret I felt at this moment. And yet I would have to live with it for the rest of my life

  Lisa Kleypas

  Loss, Should Have, Safety

  Lisa Kleypas (2009). “Smooth Talking Stranger: A Novel”, p.341, Macmillan

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• May you get exactly what you want and live long enough to regret it.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Long, May, Want

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• The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd - The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world’s existence. All these half-tones of the soul’s consciousness create in us a painful landscape, an eternal sunset of what we are.

  Fernando Pessoa

  Hope, Hurt, Sunset

  Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith (1996). “Book of Disquietude”, Carcanet Press Limited

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• Tabitha blinked innocently. "Why is your consort speaking to me without my having addressed him first?" she asked Kaia. "Have you not taught him the proper order of things?" So the little man wasn't supposed to speak to the women folk without an invitation? Screw that. "Just stay out of my head, Harpy, or I'll make sure you regret it. By the way, how's the leg?" She hissed at him. Win!

  Gena Showalter

  Winning, Men, Order

  Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Surrender”, p.92, HQN Books

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• I’ve always known that there’s more going on inside me than finds its way into the world, but this is probably true of everyone. Who doesn’t regret that he isn’t more fully understood?

  Richard Russo

  World, Way, Understood

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• Wishes of one's old life wither and shrivel like old leaves if they are not replaced with new wishes when the world changes. And the world always changes. Wishes get slimy, and their colors fade, and soon they are just mud, like all the rest of the mud, and not wishes at all, but regrets. The trouble is, not everyone can tell when they ought to launder their wishes. Even when one finds oneself in Fairyland and not at home at all, it is not always so easy to remember to catch the world in it's changing and change with it.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Home, Color, Wish

  Catherynne M. Valente (2014). “The Fairyland Series”, p.75, Feiwel & Friends

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• As for Ellai, she told her sister what had passed, and Nitid wept, and her tears fell to earth and became chimaera, children of regret.

  Laini Taylor

  Children, Tears, Earth

  Laini Taylor (2011). “Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.235, Hachette UK

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