“Memories are like fireflies darting across the surface of my mind, showing me here and there images so sharp and vivid that I catch my breath in wonder before the vignette disappears, sinking like a pebble into the quicksand of regret and recrimination.” MindMemoriesWonderRegretBreathsSurfaceDisappearVividHere And ThereSinkingOf My MindPebblesFireflyQuicksandVignettes Author:Susan Kay
“A sleep without dreams, after a rough day of toil, is what we covet most; and yet How clay shrinks back from more quiescent clay! The very Suicide that pays his debt at once without installments (an old way of paying debts, which creditors regret) Lets out impatiently his rushing breath, less from disgust of life than dread of death.” WayDreamSleepPayRegretBreathsSuicideDebtRoughDreadDisgustingToilSuicidalClayShrinksRushingOld WaysCreditorsRough DayPaying Debts Book:DON JUAN Source: DON JUAN
“Sometimes you're overthinking, you convince yourself to get out of it and you're like, "Ah I shoulda did that!" You can't live life with regrets. Sometimes you just gotta indulge. But in the same breath, you gotta have restraint and self-control too.” SelfSometimesRegretBreathsLive LifeConvinceSelf ControlRestraintIndulgeOverthinking Author:Michael B. Jordan
“Never let me lose the marvel of your statue-like eyes, or the accent the solitary rose of your breath places on my cheek at night. I am afraid of being, on this shore, a branchless trunk, and what I most regret is having no flower, pulp, or clay for the worm of my despair. If you are my hidden treasure, if you are my cross, my dampened pain, if I am a dog, and you alone my master, never let me lose what I have gained, and adorn the branches of your river with leaves of my estranged Autumn.” IfsEyePainNightLosesDogFlowerMastersRegretDespairRiversCrossesLet MeBreathsRoseTreasureBranchesAutumnShoreCheeksSolitaryAccentsWormsClayStatuesTrunksPulpHidden Treasure Author:Federico Garcia Lorca
“I know that I shall die struggling for breath, and I know that I shall be horribly afraid. I know that I shall not be able to keep myself from regretting bitterly the life that has brought me to such a pass; but I disown that regret. I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.” KnowsStillsSoulHandsAbleDiesPoorStruggleDyingRegretWeakBreathsMy SoulI RegretDiseasedRegret Nothing Author:W. Somerset Maugham
“But a slow, deeply satisfied smile came over him, and his breath quickened. 'So softly it starts,' he whispered. 'Foolishly clever and with an unsurvivable trust. It just saved your miserable life, that questionable show of thought, my itchy-witch.' Al’s smile shifted, becoming lighter. 'And now you will live to possibly regret it.” ShowsRegretBecomingBreathsSavedCleverSatisfiedMiserableAlsWitchLightersQuestionableMiserable LifeItchyAlgaliarept Author:Kim Harrison
“You have to live in these moments, not for them. If you look too hard, they blow right by you. If you do not live enough, you will regret every breath.” IfsLooksHardEnoughMomentsRegretBreathsBlowYou Will Regret Author:Corey Taylor
“Breath by breath, let go of fear, expectation, anger, regret, cravings, frustration, fatigue. Let go of the need for approval. Let go of old judgments and opinions. Die to all that, and fly free. Soar in the freedom of desirelessness. Let go. Let Be. See through everything and be free, complete, luminous, at home -- at ease.” NeedsHomeDiesOpinionRegretLetting GoJudgmentExpectationsBreathsEaseFrustrationApprovalSoarCravingFatigueLuminous Author:Surya Das
“Every drop of sweat and every breath we take in life, if not taken for the sake of Allah, will lead to regret and sorrow on the Day of Judgment” IfsLifeGodWisdomTakenRegretSorrowJudgmentBreathsSakeIslamicSweatCommitment To GodWrath Of God Author:Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya