“But it's not easy, realising how we fucked it all up. And that turns out to be the hardest thing to live with, not the regret or the fear, but the realisation that the edge is so close to where we live.” FearRegretFailureFucking Up Book:The Financial Lives of the Poets Source: The Financial Lives of the Poets
“And because he felt like he might burst open and because he lacked the dexterity in English to say all that he was thinking--how in his estimation, the more you lived the more regret and longing you suffered, that life was a glorious catastrophe--Pasquale Tursi said, only, "Yes.” ThinkingSaidMightFeltRegretLongingGloriousCatastropheEstimationDexterity Author:Jess Walter
“At peace? Who but the insane would ever be at peace? What person who has enjoyed life could possibly think one is enough? Who could live even a day and not feel the sweet ache of regret?” ThinkingFeelsPersonsEnoughSweetRegretInsaneEnjoyedAche Author:Jess Walter