#regret

I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it — you will regret both. ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#regret #life

If you simply ignored the feeling, you would never know what might happen, and in many ways that was worse than finding out in the first place. Because if you were wrong, you could go forward in your life without ever looking back over your shoulder and wondering what might have been. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#feeling #love #message-in-a-bottle #nicholas-sparks #regret

One of the most difficult things to think about in life is one’s regrets. Something will happen to you, and you will do the wrong thing, and for years afterward you will wish you had done something different. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#truths #life

Have you ever hoped for something? And held out for it against all the odds? Until everything you did was ridiculous? ↗

— Ali Shaw

#life #regret #life

Everybody was sorry. Sorry was easy. Sorry was for suckers. ↗

— Gretchen McNeil

#life #people #regret #sorry #suckers

I wish I knew why she never told me any of this. Maybe she thought I wouldn't be able to handle it, that I was too sheltered or too innocent or something. If she had told me why she cut herself all the time, or that it was the pills that made her act so spaced out, or that she was even on pills, or even saw doctors, or any of it, I would have done my best to help her. I'm not saying I'm a superhero. I'm not saying I would have just swooped down and saved her. I'm just saying the only reason everything was a waste was that she made it a waste. That whole time, back when I was just a normal kid in high school, living out my normal life, I really thought everything mattered. ↗

— Nina LaCour

#suicide #wishful-thinking #life

My biggest regret is what I didn’t say… (Jake) ↗

— Keary Taylor

#life #regret #sad #life

Huizi would say, never look back to the past. Never regret. Even if there is emptiness ahead, never look back. ↗

— Xiaolu Guo

#regret #life

I stepped closer to him and lowered my voice. 'If you could change one thing, what would it be?' He pulled the sheep pendant from his pocket. A question filled his eyes. I held out my hand. Riley placed it in my palm and I curled my finger around the necklace, pressing the metal into my skin. ↗

— Maria V. Snyder

#regret #change

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#basically #believe #close #come #decade