#regret

Not everything's perfect, especially in the beginning. And its all right to have a little bit of regret every once in a while. It's when you feel it all the time and can't do anything about it... that's when you get into trouble ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#trouble

If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world. ↗

— Mercedes Lackey

#regret #past

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today. ↗

— John Wooden

#observation

It’s amazing how long we put up with things we detest for the sake of a quiet life. ↗

— Tami Egonu

#regrets #dreams

The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd - The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world’s existence. All these half-tones of the soul’s consciousness create in us a painful landscape, an eternal sunset of what we are. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#longing #pain #regret #yearning #consciousness

He tried to name which of the deadly seven might apply, and when he failed he decided to append an eighth, regret. ↗

— Charles Frazier

#sin #south #war #regret

Yes," Jace said, "I regret having disobeyed you." No! Clary thought, but her heart sank. Was he giving up, did he think it was the only way to save her and Simon? Valentine's face softened. "Jonathan-" "Especially," Jace said, "since I plan to do it again. Right now. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-wayland #valentine-morgenstern #regret

It was so typical. Whenever Blair did anything nice for someone else, she usually regretted it. Which kind of explained why she was such a bitch most of the time. ↗

— Cecily von Ziegesar

#regret

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as a secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#scars #wounds #regret

Ash!" I called. "What are you doing? Come on!" "Meghan." Ash's voice despite the pain below the surface, was calm. "I hope you find your brother. If you see Puck again tell him I regret having to step out of our duel." "Ash, no! Don't do this!" I felt him smile. "You made me feel alive again," he murmured. Screeching, the greemlins attacked. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#regret