#regret

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

God knows I'm not perfect, either. I've made tons of stupid mistakes, and later I regretted them. And I've done it over and over again, thousands of times; a cycle of hollow joy and vicious self-hatred. But even so, every time I learned something about myself -Misato Katsuragi ↗

— Hideaki Anno

#mistakes #sin #regret

The past could always be annihilated. Regret, denial, or forgetfulness could do that. But the future was inevitable. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#regret #anxiety

I do think it's important to live in the present because in that way you won't be living in a state of regret. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#i #i do #important #live #living

This world that was our home for a brief spell never brought us anything but pain and grief; its a shame that not one of our problems was ever solved. We depart with a thousand regrets in our hearts. ↗

— Omar Khayyám

#grief #home #life #pain #poetry

Pressing my head to his heart, I listened hard, straining to hear any gurgle or murmur of life. Hearing nothing, I felt the shock settle into my mind, slowing it down and then turning it off. "Don't leave me, Noah. Please, don't go," I whispered into the darkness as the light spray of rain touched my face. If only I could turn back time. I would tell him yes. ↗

— Karen Ann Hopkins

#grief #losing-someone #love #regret #death

The first law of nature is self-preservation. Cut off that which may harm you. But if it is worth preserving, and is meaningful, nourish it and have no regrets. Ultimately, this is true living and love of self...from within. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#law #living #love #nature #nourish

I haven't got the yacht any more. The cost of running it was crazy. But it was so much fun while I had it. I don't regret it. ↗

— Jenson Button

#cost #crazy #fun #got #had

Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've no regrets. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#chances #course #forlorn #hand #i

I think I felt that I was very well known for my figure and needed to keep that up for my work. And I regret all of it. I felt fraudulent and very shameful. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

#figure #fraudulent #i #i think #keep