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“When I rise up, let me rise up joyful like a bird. When I fall, let me fall without regret like a leaf.”

Fall Regret Bird Let Me Joyful Leafs

Book:Farming: A Hand Book

Source: Farming: A Hand Book

“To overcome prejudice, we can boldly speak against it and teach our children total intolerance for it. We can get to know one another; when we do so, the stereotypes that impede relationships will fall away. Finally, we can express regret to others for past prejudicial sins and ask God to forgive us and change our thinking.”

Thinking Knows Children Past Fall Asks Speak Sin Teach Regret Overcoming Prejudice Our Children Forgiving Intolerance Stereotype

Author:Beth Moore

“I was going to record a solo album when I was 15 on a four-track. I started working on it, but then Fall Out Boy happened. The band was awesome and took me in a totally different direction. I don't regret it at all, but the band delayed the record I had been planning.”

Different Fall Boys Records Four Happened Regret Band Track Albums Planning Solo Different Directions Delayed Don't Regret Fall Out Boy

Author:Patrick Stump

“You can always say, 'I wish I had landed that triple flip better, or I wish I didn't fall.' They're not regrets, just mistakes.”

Fall Wish Mistake Regret Flip

Author:Michelle Kwan

“I have made a lot of mistakes falling in love, and regretted most of them, but never the potatoes that went with them.”

Love Made Fall Mistake Food Regret Cooking Falling In Love Culinary Potatoes Food Love Great Food Fresh Food Delicious Food I Love Food Fun Food Culinary Love Food And Love

Author:Nora Ephron

“America was never innocent. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets. You can't ascribe our fall from grace to any single event or set of circumstances. You can't lose what you lacked at conception.”

America Fall Loses Grace Events Regret Circumstances Innocent Boat Conception No Regrets Cherries Falls From Grace

Book:American Tabloid: Underworld USA (1)

Source: American Tabloid: Underworld USA (1)

“Why should I cumber myself with regrets that the receiver is not capacious? It never troubles the sun that some of his rays fall wide and vain into ungrateful space, and only a small part on the reflecting planet. Let your greatness educate the crude and cold companion.”

Should Fall Space Sun Trouble Greatness Planets Regret Cold Wide Vain Companion Rays Educate Should I Reflecting No Regrets Crude Ungrateful Small Parts Receiver

Book:Essays

Source: Essays

“Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight For the greatest tragedy of them all Is never to feel the burning light.”

Feels Light Fall Regret Tragedy Flight Burning Fearless Never Regret Icarus

Author:Oscar Wilde

“Our lives are made in these small hours, these little wonders, these twists & turns of fate. Time falls away, but these small hours, these small hours still remain. All of my regret, will wash away somehow. But i can not forget, the way i feel right now.”

Way Feels Littles Made Stills I Can Turns Fall Hours Forget Wonder Our Lives Fate Regret Right Now Can Not Twists Feels Right

Author:Rob Thomas

“The Suicide, as she is falling, Illuminated by the moon, Regrets her act, and finds appalling The thought she will be dead so soon.”

Fall Regret Moon Suicide

Author:Edward Gorey

“She made a sound of regret. ‘We come second, you and I, Luc-ien,’ she said. ‘Our allegiance is always to our kingdoms. Without that allegiance, our people would fall.’ She placed her head back against his chest and he felt her tears. ‘This is not our time.’ ‘But that will never mean I love you less,’ he said.”

People Mean Made Said Fall Felt Sound Love You Tears Regret Kingdoms Our Time Chests Allegiance

Author:Melina Marchetta

“Even though flowers fall, don't regret it. Even though weeds grow, don't hate them. Don't arouse the passions of attraction and repulsion, hating and loving. If only we don't arouse the passions, the falling of flowers and the growing of weeds as they are is manifest absolute reality.”

Ifs Reality Hate Fall Passion Grows Growing Flower Regret Absolutes Attraction Weed Manifest Don't Hate Don't Regret Repulsion Attraction And Repulsion

Book:Flowers Fall: A Commentary on Dōgen's Genjōkōan

Source: Flowers Fall: A Commentary on Dōgen's Genjōkōan