“Sometimes I think the people to feel the saddest for are people who are unable to connect with the profound—people such as my boring brother-in-law, a hearty type so concerned with normality and fitting in that he eliminates any possibility of uniqueness for himself and his own personality. I wonder if some day, when he is older, he will wake up and the deeper part of him will realize that he has never allowed himself to truly exist, and he will cry with regret and shame and grief.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsSometimesLawRealizingGriefWonderCryPossibilityBrotherRegretTypePersonalityConcernedWake UpShameProfoundBoringDeeperUniquenessIn-lawsFittingSaddestNormalityHeartyBrother In Law Book:Life After God Source: Life After God
“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
“At this point in my life, I find myself obsessed with alternate paths I could've taken. I don't think about this with a sense of regret, but with a sense of wonder.” ThinkingWonderPathTakenRegretObsessedSense Of WonderSelf Obsessed Author:Ben Gibbard
“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
“When I remember something which I had, But which is gone, and I must do without, I sometimes wonder how I can be glad, Even in cowslip time when hedges sprout; It makes me sigh to think on it,--but yet My days will not be better days, should I forget.” ThinkingShouldI CanSometimesRememberForgetWonderGoneRegretGladShould ISighSproutsBetter DaysRemember Something Book:The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow Source: The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow
“O plunge your hands in water, Plunge them in up to the wrist; Stare, stare in the basin And wonder what you've missed.” HandsWaterWonderRegretStaringPlungeWrists Author:W. H. Auden
“When we enter the present moment deeply, our regrets and sorrows disappear, and we discover life with all its wonders.” MomentsWonderRegretSorrowDisappearPresent Moment Book:Happiness (EasyRead Comfort Edition) Source: Happiness (EasyRead Comfort Edition)