Regretting You Quotes

“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.’” I look at Clara. “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.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“Sometimes you have to walk away from the fight in order to win it.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“It means people who make mistakes usually learn from them. That doesn’t make them hypocrites. It makes them experienced.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“I’m confident that I’ll never spend a single second of my life regretting you.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“Right after something tragic happens, you feel like you’ve fallen off a cliff. But after the tragedy starts to sink in, you realize you didn’t fall off a cliff. You’re on an eternal roller coaster that just reached the bottom. Now it’s gonna be up and down and upside down for a long, long time. Maybe even forever.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“Heartbreak builds character.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“Grown-ups might not have their shit figured out any more than we do. They just wear more-convincing masks. That disappoints me”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“I wonder if humans are the only living creatures that ever feel hollow inside.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“think it’s time I figure out who I was meant to become before I started living my life for everyone else.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“I used to collect snow globes when I was younger. They lined a shelf in my bedroom, and sometimes I would shake them up, one after the other, then sit on my bed and watch as the flurries and the glitter swirled around inside the glass. Eventually, the contents inside the globe would begin to settle. All would grow still, and then the globes on my shelf would return to their quiet, peaceful states. I liked them because they reminded me of life. How sometimes, it feels like someone is shaking the world around you, and things are flying at you from every direction, but if you wait long enough, everything will start to calm. I liked that feeling of knowing that the storm inside always eventually settles.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“I love music. It feeds my soul.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“Sometimes when we’re alone, he looks at me in a way that makes me feel empty when he looks away.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“You’re a sacrificer. I don’t even know if that’s a real word, but that’s what you are. You do things you don’t want to do to make life better for the people around you. Like being the designated driver. That doesn’t make you boring. It makes you a hero.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“He’s looking at me like he was in that picture. Full of heartache. Or maybe this is what Jonah looks like when he loves something so much it hurts.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“I’ve never hated watermelon Jolly Ranchers. I only saved them because I knew they were your favorite.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“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.’” I look at Clara. “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.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“For some reason, sadness in music eases the sadness in my soul.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“I’ve believed in you since the moment I met you. I believe in myself now that I’ve finally left you.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“Grief is a beast, but it’s also a great excuse.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“Clara isn’t struggling because Chris is no longer here. She’s struggling because he’s never coming back. There’s a difference.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“I guess that happens when you become a mother, though. Your focus is no longer on yourself. Your life becomes all about this beautiful tiny little human you created.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“I wonder if humans are the only living creatures that ever feel hollow inside. I don’t understand how my body can be full of everything bodies are full of—bones and muscles and blood and organs—yet my chest sometimes feels vacant, as if someone could scream into my mouth and it would echo inside of me.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“I’m full of all this untapped potential. Sometimes my chest feels hollow, as if I’ve lived a life with nothing significant enough to fill it. My heart is full, but that’s the only part of me that feels any weight.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“I just crave you more than I’ve ever craved anything in my life.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“I’m content with the direction in which my life is headed, and I know if I obsess over the past, that obsession will only serve to anchor me in a place I am more than ready to move on from.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“You know your life is shit when you’re handwashing baby bottles, praying for Armageddon.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“I think it’s time I figure out who I was meant to become before I started living my life for everyone else.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“A band called Sounds of Cedar.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“That emptiness is being replaced with heat and flutters and heartbeats, and I hate it because it feels like I’ve just pinpointed what has caused me to feel so empty these past few weeks. Jonah. Sometimes when we’re alone, he looks at me in a way that makes me feel empty when he looks away. It’s a feeling I’ve never gotten when Chris looks at me. This realization scares me to death.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“Write it all down. Everything you want to remember about him. You’ll be surprised how soon you start to forget everything.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You