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“The divorce is a regret of mine and my mum thinks that we should have stayed together. He's now remarried so there's no chance of us getting back together.”

Thinking Should Together Chance Mines Regret Should Have Divorce Mum Back Together Getting Back Together

Author:Carol Vorderman

“O that one unguarded moment! / Were it mine to live again, / All the strength of its temptation / Would appeal to me in vain.”

Moments Mines Regret Temptation Appeals Vain

Book:Poems and Parodies

Source: Poems and Parodies

“The House, being strong, should be generous ... but the constituents have a right to more than generosity.... The law gives me my seat. In the name of the law I ask for it. I regret that my personality overshadows the principles involved in this great struggle; but I would ask those who have touched my life, not knowing it, who have found for me vices which I do not remember in the memory of my life, I would ask them whether all can afford to cast the first stone ... then that, as best judges, they will vacate their own seats, having deprived my constituents of their right here to mine.”

“A friend of mine said something powerful at his grandfather's funeral. He said that the greatest lesson from his grandfather's life was that he died empty, because he accomplished everything he wanted, with no regrets. I think that, along with leaving a legacy, would be the greatest sign of success.”

Thinking Said Would Be Wanted Powerful Mines Regret Lessons Empty Died Leaving Legacy Accomplished Funeral Grandfather No Regrets Leaving A Legacy

Author:Marvin Sapp

“I've - that I regret. That was stupid and ignorant on my part. I went to a party as a guest of a friend of mine, a lawyer. And he had a client who I didn't know, except - maybe I'm pretending I didn't know, but he was a big investor in The New Yorker. And as I found out later in a book about The New Yorker, this guy was very unhappy about [Bill] Shawn.He thought Shawn was spending out - spending too much money on writers.”

Knows Book Bigs Guy Found Party Too Much Stupid Mines Regret Bills Spending Lawyer Unhappy Ignorant Pretending Investors Guests Clients This Guy New Yorkers I Regret

Author:Nat Hentoff

“Did she ever regret her choices? Were her decisions more clear-cut than mine - or are there always shades of gray whe it comes to matters of the heart?”

Heart Matter Choices Decision Clear Cutting Mines Regret Gray Shade Matters Of The Heart Shades Of Gray

Book:Love the One You're With

Source: Love the One You're With

“For my omniscience paid I toll In infinite remorse of soul. All sin was of my sinning, all Atoning mine, and mine the gall Of all regret. Mine was the weight Of every brooded wrong, the hate That stood behind each envious thrust, Mine every greed, mine every lust. And all the while for every grief, Each suffering, I craved relief With individual desire, – Craved all in vain! And felt fierce fire About a thousand people crawl; Perished with each, — then mourned for all!”

Source: Renascence and Other Poems

“Faythe…?" The tremor in his voice broke my heart. Then understanding surfaced, and his tear-filled eyes searched mine desperately. "No. No," he whispered through clenched teeth. "This was not wrong. It’s the only thing I’ve done right in months. Don’t you dare regret this.”

Heart Done Eye Understanding Voice Tears Mines Regret Months My Heart Filled Dare Teeth Broke Broke My Heart

Author:Rachel Vincent

“In the end there is nothing to be done but to state clearly what has been done, without shame or regret, and say: Here I am, and this is what I am. Now deal with me as you see fit. That is your right. Mine is to stand by the act, and pay the price. You do what you must do, and pay for it. So in the end all things are simple.”

Has Beens Ends States Done Simple Deals Pay Mines Regret Fit All Things Shame Here I Am Pay The Price

Book:Brother Cadfael: The Complete Chronicles

Source: Brother Cadfael: The Complete Chronicles

“In that last dance of chances I shall partner you no more. I shall watch another turn you As you move across the floor. In that last dance of chances When I bid your life goodbye I will hope she treats you kindly. I will hope you learn to fly. In that last dance of chances When I know you'll not be mine I will let you go with longing And the hope that you'll be fine. In that last dance of chances We shall know each other's minds. We shall part with our regrets When the tie no longer binds.”

Knows Mind Lasts Moving Turns Chance Watches Mines Regret Fine Treats Longing Partners Ties Goodbye Letting You Go Learn To Fly Last Dance

Book:Fool's Fate: The Tawny Man Trilogy

Source: Fool's Fate: The Tawny Man Trilogy

“But I certainly made mistakes, for which I regret, I think most human beings in their lifetime make mistakes, mine ended up in two years prison - two very remarkable years from which I learnt a lot.”

Thinking Years Humans Made Two Human Beings Mistake Mines Regret Prison Lifetime Making Mistakes Remarkable Two Years Made A Mistake I Regret

Author:Jeffrey Archer

“I admit that my visions can never mean to other men as much as they do to me. I do not regret this. All I ask is that my results should convince seekers after truth that there is beyond doubt something worth while seeking, attainable by methods more or less like mine. I do not want to father a flock, to be the fetish of fools and fanatics, or the founder of a faith whose followers are content to echo my opinions. I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle.”

Men Way Want Should Mean Asks Father Results Vision Opinion Doubt Cutting Mines Regret Fool Method Seeking Convince Followers Founders Echoes Jungle Seekers Fanatics Flocks Fetish Thelema

Author:Aleister Crowley