The Regrets of Cyrus Dodd Quotes

“As I grow ever closer to the end of my time, I look back at this life and tell you that the only thing I would wish to give up is the regret I've carried in my heart for all these years. At long last I have come to realize the things I once counted as regrets were indeed blessings that I was too blind to see.”
― Bette Lee Crosby, The Regrets of Cyrus Dodd

“Here's to the future, he said and lifted the glass to his mouth. There was a lump of regret stuck in his throat as he spoke the words, but he washed it down with the whiskey.”
― Bette Lee Crosby, The Regrets of Cyrus Dodd

“He searched his mind for something more to say, something to take away her pain, but he could find nothing. There were no words to ease such a pain. He knew because the ache in his heart was as great as hers.”
― Bette Lee Crosby, The Regrets of Cyrus Dodd

“Cyrus is the meat and potatoes of my life, but Prudence was a cupcake I could enjoy just for the sheer sweetness of being with her.”
― Bette Lee Crosby, The Regrets of Cyrus Dodd

“It's no such thing! she said. It's friendship! And if you're a man who can't tell friendship from charity, then you're to be pitied!”
― Bette Lee Crosby, The Regrets of Cyrus Dodd

“Church words are easy to say, but they're not so easy to live by.”
― Bette Lee Crosby, The Regrets of Cyrus Dodd

“As sorry as I feel for myself, I feel even sorrier for her. I know she's afraid of staying and equally as frightened of going. Just as this land is a part of me, this house is a part of her. Selling off these things piece by piece is like cutting away chunks of her heart. I promised to make it better, but only God knows whether or not that's a promise I'll be able to keep.”
― Bette Lee Crosby, The Regrets of Cyrus Dodd

“A man's pride will cause him to do things you never dreamed possible. He got fired up about being right and blocked out everything else.”
― Bette Lee Crosby, The Regrets of Cyrus Dodd

“A man cannot change who he is. He can only hope that with age comes the wisdom to see his folly. I would like to believe I have achieved that.”
― Bette Lee Crosby, The Regrets of Cyrus Dodd