Regretting You

by Colleen Hoover

It’s my birthday, and I’m surrounded by everyone important to me, but for some reason, I feel more alone than I’ve ever felt.

“It means people who make mistakes usually learn from them. That doesn’t make them hypocrites. It makes them experienced.”

“I’ve believed in you since the moment I met you. I believe in myself now that I’ve finally left you.”

I think it’s time I figure out who I was meant to become before I started living my life for everyone else.

Attraction isn’t something that only happens once, with one person. It’s part of what drives humans. Our attraction to each other, to art, to food, to entertainment. Attraction is fun. So when you decide to commit to someone, you aren’t saying, ‘I promise I’ll never be attracted to anyone else.’ You’re saying, ‘I promise to commit to you, despite my potential future attraction to other people.’”

“Relationships are hard for that very reason. Your body and your heart don’t stop finding the beauty and the attraction in other people simply because you’ve made a commitment to one person. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you’re drawn to someone else, it’s up to you to remove yourself from that situation before it becomes too hard to fight.”

Resentment is a heavy load to carry through life.

I’m confident that I’ll never spend a single second of my life regretting you.”