“To lovers of the long and intricate history of language the disuse and final death of certain words is a matter of regret. Yet every age bears witness to the inevitableness of such loss.” LongMatterAgeCertainLanguageLossRegretBearsLoversFinalsWitnessIntricate Author:Mary Ellen Chase
“We never really know and the very fact that there are such words in the language as disappointment, regret, etc., is testimony to the pervasiveness and persistence of this feature of the human condition.” KnowsHumansFactsLanguageConditionsRegretDisappointmentPersistenceFeaturesEtcHuman ConditionTestimony Book:Knowledge And Decisions Source: Knowledge And Decisions
“I do have one regret though. I wish Kathy Acker was still alive. I wish I could go swim with her again. My literary indebtedness to her is enormous. She's a more important mother to me than anyone can possibly imagine. In language I became a daughter worth a crap because of her. In language I redefined daughter, woman, I became a writer. Dora is an homage of sorts.” StillsImportantMotherLanguageWishAliveImagineRegretDaughterEnormousSwimCrapHomageIndebtedness Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness", "joy", or "regret". Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that is oversimplifies feeling. I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions.” BelieveFeelingsJoyLanguageEmotionSadnessRegretDon't BelieveComplicatedProofCoveredHybridSingle Word Book:Middlesex Source: Middlesex
“But it is imperative, for our own survival, that we avoiid one another, and what more successful means of avoidance are there than words? Language will keep us safe from human onslaught, will express for us our regret at being unable to supply groceries or love or peace.” HumansMeanLanguageSuccessfulRegretSafeSurvivalImperativesGroceriesAvoidance Author:Janet Frame
“Regret; The saddest word in the English language.” LanguageRegretEnglish LanguageSaddest Author:Tonya Hurley
“If I have a foreign accent—which I much regret—it is cosmopolitan, but not Teutonic. I am a daughter of the great Jewish race, and my somewhat uncultivated language is the outcome of our enforced wanderings.” IfsLanguageRaceRegretDaughterWanderOutcomesAccents Author:Sarah Bernhardt