“The driver had recently scraped an 'AMRAK is Love' decal from his back window, leaving a sticky residue of his former beliefs.”
Source: Small Orange Fruit
“You stayed because you’d invested so much time in your relationship that it would be a waste to walk away.”
Source: Cocktails and Dreams
“A meaningful apology is one that communicates three R's: regret, responsibility, and remedy.”
Source: The Power of Apology: Healing Steps to Transform All Your Relationships
“Some details escaped her, but the regret remained with her.”
Source: madame bovary
“The radiance of this beautiful scene shed a cruel light on every past horror, every insult tolerated, every unspoken retort, every gesture of rejection. Marianne was grieving, and her boundless grief made her regret every moment of cowardice in her life.”
Source: The Little French Bistro
“I don't regret anything I've ever done in life, any choice that I've made. But I'm consumed with regret for the things I didn't do, the choices I didn't make, the things I didn't say. We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have to answer to. "What if..." "If only...""I wonder what would have..." You will never, never know, and it will haunt you for the rest of your days.”
Source: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“Live for the moments to die for”
“I was dying. And I had never been enough for anything.”
Source: Assassin's Fate
“I don't care if the New York Times writes an obituary for me. I just want you to write one. ... You say you're not special because the world doesn't know about you, but that's an insult to me. I know about you.”
Source: The Fault in Our Stars
“It is well for the unfortunate to be resigned, but for the guilty there is no peace. The agonies of remorse poison the luxury there is otherwise sometimes found in indulging the excess of grief.”
Source: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus