“It doesn't matter to me. I'm just worried. It's the first time I've see Teach like that. He said he had two regrets...Once, 20 years ago. And once when you hurt your wrist. He said he didn't ever want to regret again. I wonder what that means.” WantYearsFirstsMeanSaidTwoMatterHurtWonderTeachRegretDramaFirst TimeYears AgoWorriedWrists Author:Kim Su-mi
“When white men first effect contact with some unspoilt race of savages, they offer them all kinds of benefits, from the light of the gospel to pumpkin pie. These, however, much as we may regret it, most savages receive with indifference. What they really value among the gifts that we bring to them is intoxicating liquor which enables them, for the first time in their lives, to have the illusion for a few brief moments that it is better to be alive than dead.” MenFirstsKindMayMomentsLightValuesWhiteRaceAliveEffectsRegretOffersBenefitsIllusionFirst TimeContactAll KindsIndifferencePieSavagesWhite ManLiquorPumpkinBrief MomentsPumpkin Pie Book:Human Society in Ethics and Politics Source: Human Society in Ethics and Politics
“She couldn’t read his expression. As he started toward her, she recalled the way he’d seemed to glide through the sand the first time she’d ever seen him; she remembered their kiss on the boat dock the night of his sister’s wedding. And she heard again the words she’d said to him on the day they’d said good-bye. She was besieged by a storm of conflicting emotions—desire, regret, longing, fear, grief, love. There was so much to say, yet what could they really begin to say in this awkward setting and with so much time already passed?” WayFirstsSaidDesireNightGriefEmotionHeardExpressionRegretKissingFirst TimeLongingStormSettingBoatSettingsRememberedSandAwkwardByeGood ByeDocksConflicting Emotions Author:Nicholas Sparks
“Cecilia wondered, as she sometimes did when she met a man for the first time, if this was the one she was going to marry, and whether it was this particular moment she would remember for the rest of her life - with gratitude, or profound and particular regret.” IfsMenFirstsSometimesMomentsRememberParticularRegretGratitudeMetsFirst TimeProfound Author:Ian Mcewan
“He looked at her. "I will miss you, Montana. For the first time in my life, I'll regret leaving someone behind.” FirstsBehindsMissingRegretFirst TimeLeavingMontanaWill Miss YouI Will Miss You Book:Only Yours Source: Only Yours
“If you have ever, sir, been through a breakup of a romantic relationship that involved great love, you will perhaps understand what I experienced. There is in such situations usually a moment of passion during which the unthinkable is said; this is followed by a sense of euphoria at finally being liberated; the world seems fresh as if seen for the first time then comes the inevitable period of doubt, the desperate and doomed backpedaling of regret; and only later, once emotions have receded, is one able to view with equanimity the journey through which one has passed.” IfsWorldFirstsSaidMomentsSeemsAblePassionViewsEmotionSituationDoubtJourneyLove YouRegretInvolvedPeriodsFirst TimeInevitableDesperateBreakupDoomedLiberatedGreat LoveUnthinkableEquanimityEuphoriaRomantic Relationship Book:The Reluctant Fundamentalist Source: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
“She was fabulously wrong when she said it the first time, and stunningly arrogant in her refusal to express any regret for lying to our fellow citizens.” FirstsSaidLyingRegretCitizensFirst TimeFellowsAssArrogantBad AssRefusal Author:Trey Gowdy
“Father, One day, a woman walked into my life. I hurt her deeply with the harshest words possible. I pushed her away as much as I could. But, she still came back to me. She is so much like me; I look at myself often when I look at her. She has the physical wounds that I have. The tears that fill my brain are flowing through her heart as well. I gave her those wounds. I made her cry. I should not have met her. I should not have allowed her to come into the life of a guy like me. Father, I'm regretting it. This is the first time... that I have ever regretted anything in my life.” ShouldFirstsWellsLooksHeartMadeStillsGuyFatherHurtBrainCryTearsRegretDramaMetsOne DayFirst TimeWoundsLike Me Author:Ma-Roo