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“Regret isn't a negative. Wishing we could do better isn't bad... And if you let go of that regret, if you forget about consequence, then what are you? Who are you?”

Book:Life Is Strange Vol. 3: Strings

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“Madam,’ said Ortho, prickling. ‘I will have you know that until yesterday I was captain of my own ship.’ Her lip curled. ‘Yesterday!—a thing of little value, O.P. It is but yesterday I had all Kingston—aye, all Jamaica—at my feet. And what will my brave yesterday buy me now? One sigh? One tint glance of admiration?’ She flung her hands out, despairingly. ‘It cannot even win me civility from a broken ship-master.”

Regret Yesterday Faded Glory

Book:High Noon

Source: High Noon

“Past remorse becomes motivating fire.”

Past Motivation Regret Remorse

Book:The Crymost

Source: The Crymost

“I never saw Kelenli, or her child, again. Too ashamed of the monster I’d become, I never sought them out. She lived though. Now and again I heard the grind and grumble of her stone voice, and those of her several children as they were born. They were not wholly alone;”

Love Regret

Book:The Stone Sky

Source: The Stone Sky

“She’d kissed Jamie on the cheek and cried when, at last, he was out of sight. Months later, off at Denison, she sat with classmates and watched the draft lottery live on the grainy common-room television. Jamie’s birthday—March 7—had come up on the second pick. So he would be among the first to be called to fight, she thought, and she wondered where he had gone, if he knew what awaited him, if he would report, or if he would run. Beside her, Billy Richardson squeezed her hand. His birthday was one of the last drawn, and anyway, as an undergraduate, he had been granted a deferral. He was safe. By the time they graduated, the war would be over and they would marry, buy a house, settle down. She had no regrets, she told herself. She’d been crazy to have considered it even for a moment.”

Regret Little Fires Everywhere Life Choice

Book:Little Fires Everywhere

Source: Little Fires Everywhere

“Längtan efter det som har gått förlorat river upp ett sår i mig. Varför tillbringar jag så stor del av livet med att längta efter någon annat? Varför är jag inte tacksam över allt som har inträffat mig? Varför vaknar jag missnöjd och går och lägger mig olycklig? Varför hindrar jag mig själv från att leva? Spelar det ens någon roll, längre? Det som en gång var min framtid ligger obönhörligen bakom mig.”

Life Regret

Book:Snöstorm

Source: Snöstorm

“It’s too hard to forget the weight of shame that a pair of eyes can put down on you.”

Regret Shame Eyes Regretting

Book:Tied Within

Source: Tied Within

“If I don’t try, I’ll always wonder.”

Wonder Regret Regrets Try

Book:Last Kiss Under the Mistletoe

Source: Last Kiss Under the Mistletoe

“You can’t feel regret something unless you loved it first.”

Love Regret Deep Wow Sad But True

Author:Anonymous

“And after a while...I mean, how do you choose? Who gets to live? Part of life is that...well, some people have to die. My powers aren't a prescription you can get filled as needed.”

Life Death Lissa Dragomir Shadow Kiss

Book:Shadow Kiss

Source: Shadow Kiss

“It’s hard to look back at the past and feel some regret, but it’s really exciting to look to the future and see a window of hope.”

Past Hope Regret Future Window

Author:Nadine Sadaka Boulos

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