Regrets Of The Past Quotes

“«Regrets»... I regret how timid and meek I was back then... always telling myself that I couldn't do anything, never even daring to try. That's definitely something I regret. " (p.330)”
― Ichigo Takano, Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 1

“There's a certain point in life at which you realise it's no longer interesting that time goes forward - or rather, that its forward-going-ness has been the central plank of life's illusion, and that while you were waiting to see what was going to happen next, you were steadily being robbed of all you had.”
― Rachel Cusk, Second Place

“I once met a man who didn't have a heart. He told me he didn't have one. So I planted one inside him and he didn't even recognize it while it was growing. "What are these weird feelings?" he'd ask me. As if he'd never loved before, never felt before. "That's called a heart, you shithead" I explained. But then he took that heart and gave it as a gift to another. "Look, I have a gift for you" he told her. But that heart will die without me, you see. Hearts cannot be regifted.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“We tangoed every night, while I was blinded by the scent of you, I’m Frankie Slade, shoot my head, you held me back.”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Letter 19

“Now I know why I have struggled with my drinking all these years ‘cause I see your face every time I pick a glass.”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Letter 19

“Sometimes
Across the fields of yesterday
She sometimes comes to me
A little girl just back from play
the girl I used to be
And yet she smiles so wistfully
once she has crept within
I wonder if she hopes to see
the woman I might have been—
—1933”
― Blanche Caldwell Barrow, My Life with Bonnie and Clyde

“The repentance for my sins against morality was enough to blacken my soul.”
― Ayshen Irfan, The Fire Within My Heart

“Don’t let things drag on longer than they should. Before you know it, it’ll be too late and you’ll be full of regret.”
― Lindsey-Anne Pontes, Let Me Save You

“Regret is the heritage of people who choose to live a fear-driven life.”
― Taneka Rubin, Winners Win: Unlocking The Potential To Live Your God-Given Dreams

“It must have been a nightmare to learn you had a grown child you were never told about. It could have just as easily happened to Marcus, you know."
"Hard to imagine."
"Not really. No matter how careful one is, there's always a risk. As the mother of six children, I ought to know."
Sebastian sent her a bleak glance. "I always knew I'd have to pay for my sins in some future cosmic reckoning. But in my arrogance, it didn't occur to me that a man never bears the cost of his sins alone. The people around him --- especially those who love him --- have to pay as well. That's the worst part of it."
It was the most vulnerable he'd ever allowed himself to be with her.
When Lillian replied, her voice was uncommonly gentle. "Don't be unduly hard on yourself. Ever since you married Evie, you've tried to be the man she deserves. In fact, you've inhabited the role of a good man for so long, I think you may be growing into it. We become our choices, eventually.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Disguise

“Don’t hold on to regrets. Accept them and keep moving.”
― Garima Soni - words world

“Regret, I was learning, was the sharpest knife there was.”
― Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

“Right now, Marcy and the birthday girl are curled up on the couch under a blanket watching The Little Princess with Shirley Temple for what, the hundredth time? That Marcy; I don’t know how she does it. I made ‘em popcorn then I said I had to go get smokes, be right back.
I didn’t need smokes. What I needed was to get the hell out of there, go for a drive, think. And I knew just what I’d be thinking: she was six, just like my Anna—I know because she told us or maybe I remember reading it in the paper after. Her name was Olive Copely.

I got that name tattooed on my brain.”
― K.K. Edwards

“Live in regrets? I 'll take a pass. Why dwell on the past that I cannot change? Thankfully, I have today to deal with and tomorrow to hope for.”
― Abiodun Fijabi

“Book of Regrets" Every regret you ever had, is recorded here. ~Mrs. Elm”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“It ever bother you that the good Lord sweats the small stuff? I mean, you could spend your whole life trying’ to atone for some bad shit you done when you was fifteen, but come judgment day your ass could still get thrower in the pit ‘cause you forgot to wash the damn dishes one time.”
― Alex Paknadel, Redfork

“I have changed. No glasses. No frizzy hair. Better clothes. Bigger boobs... Not that any of that matters. You made it clear what you thought about me."
"That was a long time ago." His voice was rough, strained. "I don't feel good about what happened."
"What a coincidence. Neither do I.”
― Sara Desai, The Dating Plan

“Marriage is difficult. It's not something to just jump into. I've never understood women. I've always thought that I needed one. To be a real complete man, you know? And because of that I've really suffered. I jumped into both of my marriages.”
― Noah Van Sciver, The Lizard Laughed

“And if the guilt didn’t kill you—the regret would eat you alive.”
― Laura C. Reden, Haunted Waters

“Don't think about where we used to be; just think about where we are”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“Flowers blossom and wilt as the moon waxes and wanes.

Having to be apart from the people you love is the toughest.

You would lose all meaning from this scene if you continued to think back on the past.”
― Rifa Coolheart

“In a study on the top ten regrets of the dying, relationship issues accounted for half of the major regrets.
People said things like, “I should have said ‘I love you’ a lot more,” and “I worked too much and never made time for my family.” If we want to avoid regrets at the end of our lives, we must not wait until we’re close to death to prioritize relationships over work, status, and other things that don’t contribute as much to our ultimate happiness.”
― Jaslin & Yusuf Varzideh, Learn to Love: A Couple's Guide to a Healthy Relationship: How to Cultivate Intimacy, Enhance Passion, Strengthen Commitment, and Improve Communication While Resolving Conflict With Your Partner

“I’m sorry,' [Marty] said unexpectedly.

“Huh?”

“That we never got to perform that duet together. Don’t you remember? For the Spring Concert?”

“Oh, yeah. What was that song we were going to sing?” I asked.

She placed her right hand on her hip and mock-pouted at me. “James Garraty, don’t tell me you forgot.”

I gave her an impish who, me look. When she smiled, I said in a more serious tone: “‘Somewhere,’ from West Side Story.” I hummed the song’s first measure; it sounded a half-octave off key.

Marty frowned. “You haven’t practiced lately,” she said disapprovingly.

“No, I haven’t,” I said, and as I said it waves of melancholy washed over me like a cold dark tide. Marty saw my expression change; she walked up to me and placed her arm around my shoulder comfortingly.

“I know,” she said softly, “how much you were looking forward to it, Jim. I was looking forward to singing that duet with you, too.”

“Really?” I asked.

“Really. You’re a terrific singer. Who wouldn’t want to sing a duet with you?”

“I bet,” I said, “you say that to all the boys.”

She laughed. My heart jumped as it usually did when she laughed. A thought clicked in my brain: What was it I’d written just a while ago? You are the one person who has the ability to brighten up a sour day. You have always managed to make me return a smile to someone else.”
― Alex Diaz-Granados, Reunion: A Story: A Novella

“Love offers countless reasons to embrace its charm, but can it, too, bear the weight of mortality? , Can it be Reason of Your Death”
― vishesh kakar, The Reason Of My Death: True Story Books Based on Real Life

“Regret Roulette by Stewart Stafford

Evening's breath caressed in,
Across a mind's cracked land,
On raven's wing in twilight air,
A doused flame's colder hand.

Dead-end gallery of exit signs,
Contrition's dog whistle song,
Eye of Horus in a looking glass,
Blindfolds of a corrupted throng.

Feral brunch on a sheepish plate,
The curate's egg fried with shell,
Bellini confession, in vino veritas,
Burnt offerings to show-and-tell.

© Stewart Stafford, 2024. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Gail bent over the face. Suddenly, she lurched backward. Her hand went to her forehead. “Oh! This is Lloyd Crocker, the love of my life! We were engaged at the end of high school. He was the nicest, sweetest boy, but I messed up.”
“You? How did you mess it up?”
“Oh, he took me to a party at his friend’s house and I started flirting with his friend for some reason, maybe to make him jealous; I don’t remember. So, Lloyd took me home and asked for his ring back. He said he couldn’t trust me. Oh, I was brokenhearted over him.
After I married Rich, Lloyd looked me up and we went for a walk. By then, he had a child and so did I. Oh, how I’ve regretted losing him. I hope he had a good life.”
Elsie recognized her mother’s feckless heart had never truly been rehabilitated. She could forget anyone if the next person in line seemed entertaining.”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“The sting of betrayal outlasts the sweetness of deceit, leaving only the bitter aftertaste of regret.”
― Andrew Pacholyk, The Rhythm of Betrayal

“My regret is that it took me too long to realize that my biggest enemy itself, was that entity putting its hand on my shoulder and pointing to me at who my enemies are. And the moment I turned to look at it in the eyes, it vanished like smoke.”
― Naji A.K, The Tragedy Of Being Here: Rise Above What Defines You

“Regrets are sinkholes. You are walking on a field of flowers, expecting solid ground, where all at once there is none and with your disappointed expectations you are being swallowed by what lies beneath you, until you cannot see it anymore: not the field of flowers and neither the path you have been walking on”
― Sima B. Moussavian, The way they leave: A crime novella about the delusions you choose to believe in

“Imagine your past reeks so badly, even you can't bear the stench of it.”
― Eduvie Donald