#regrets

People always say life is too short for regrets. But the truth is, it's too long. ↗

— Sarah Addison Allen

#truth #life

In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#long-term #memories #regrets #life

Whoever said that the past isn't dead had it backward. It's the future that's already dead, already played out. ↗

— Gayle Forman

#bhie #future #life #past #regrets

One hesitates to open a new chapter when the old one is not resolved. ↗

— Jude Morgan

#regrets #life

You're right, Norah, anything can happen, anytime. But what goes wrong isn't your fault. You can't spend the rest of your life tiptoeing around to try and avert disaster. It won't work. You'll just end up missing the life you have. ↗

— Kim Edwards

#regrets #life

An opportunity, no matter how small it is, is still worth a golden chance. So take it or have regrets for the rest of your life. ↗

— Francisca Olivia

#opportunity #quote #regrets #life

In that moment I understood that the cruelest words in the universe are if only. ↗

— Lisa See

#regrets #love

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

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'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's been done, it's been done, and it's water under the bridge. I have no regrets of my life. ↗

— Ike Turner

#been #bridge #could #defend #done