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Quotes About Regret

Being the least favorite and priority is a real struggle for Oleya Beautrin. She grew up still craving for her parents attention and love that they deprived her from. She grew up having the need to please everyone just so she will be enough and won't be compared to her twin anymore. But when she realized that pleasing them isn't enough for them to love her the same way as how her parents love her twin, she decided to stop and just go on with her life. She was happy. She found genuine friends that truly cares and love her. She also found the man that completed her. The man that makes her feel safe in his arms. But a tragedy happened that causes their relationship's devastation. She lost a life that broke her and her love of life. They broke up. And that's when everything started to crush her down. She begged and kneeed. She lowered her dignity a lot of times to ask for forgiveness from him. But he moved on while she was still in the dark, mourning. And the worst thing is, he is marrying her twin sister. A one night happened that will forever change their lives. She left to move on and gain herself back. And when she came back, she was ready to face the people who inflicted so much pain to her. And you know what's more? Oh. Her ex just came running back to her like nothing happened. Like he didn't called her names a lot of times. The question is, is she going to cave in and just forgive and forget? But how can she forget when someone who's extremely dear for her became a reminder about what happened that night. The reminder who is always with her.

48 Chapters

All About Love

"Runaway BillionaireWhat happens when two sets of parents decide their thirty-something offspring need to get married? To each other. The problem? Neither one wants wedded bliss, and they don’t even know each other. Kyle Montgomery is happy with his single state and the excitement of running the Montgomery Hotel Corporation. Pepper Thornton is just as happy running the family B&B, the Hibiscus Inn. What started out as a fun ploy suddenly turns into something much more—until reality pokes up its head and nearly destroys it all.Touch of MagicMaddie Woodward is in a pickle. The last person she expects to see when she returns to the family ranch for one last Christmas is her former lover, Zach Brennan. He’s hotter as he ever was, all male and determined to get her naked. She’s just as determined to show him she’s over him—until she ends up in his bed, enjoying the wildest sex of her life. A night of uncontrolled, erotic sex shows her that Zach is far from out of her life. Now if she can just get him to help her convince her sisters not to sell the ranch—or sell it to the two of them.Wet HeatIt was supposed to be a month in a cottage by the lake in Maine. For Peyton Gerard it was time to recover from not one but three disastrous breakups and try to find her muse again. A successful romance novelist needed to believe in romance to write about it believably, and Peyton had lost her faith in it.All About Love is created by Desiree Holt, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author."

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About Last Night

Jenny had big dreams. She wanted to be a publisher and was thrilled to land a part time job at Labyrinth Publishing House's Ground Floor Cafe- The Maze. Seeing this as her foot in the door she's determined to get herself noticed and sets out to get to know Senior CEO Max Sanders. However, what happens when Mr Sanders steps down from being the CEO and gives it to his notorious son Cole? Jenny can't deny the sexual tension between her and Cole. But he's determined to get under her skin. Will their love-hate relationship bloom into something more after spending the night together? Or will Jenny have to rethink her dreams now that there are concequences?

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Something About You

Sceptical Lou Riley desires love, however what will she do once she gets an opportunity to own her fairytale romance? Will she freak out and push him away, afraid he is getting to break her heart or go along with it and hope it is the real thing?

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About Last Night

Kristina will accidentally and unexpectedly give her cherished Dignity and Cleanliness as a woman to the young man she meets in just one night. In short, Kristina got a one-night stand with Troy Madrigal for the reason that both of them are drunk and not in the right frame of mind. But despite the accident that happened between them. It would make sense to Kristina, even she once regretted the mistake she had made why she had given herself to a young man she didn't know very well. It seemed like she just had a preference and interest in the young man after the hot event that happened to them that night. Which seemed to lead to the point that she fell in love with the young man in just an instant. Can Kristina continue her feelings for the young man, who after taking advantage will leave her alone just like a hired woman? Will she be able to love the young man when they meet again after disappearing like a bubble?

98 Chapters

What About Love?

Jeyah Abby Arguello lost her first love in the province, the reason why she moved to Manila to forget the painful past. She became aloof to everybody else until she met the heartthrob of UP Diliman, Darren Laurel, who has physical similarities with her past love. Jealousy and misunderstanding occurred between them, causing them to deny their feelings. When Darren found out she was the mysterious singer he used to admire on a live-streaming platform, he became more determined to win her heart. As soon as Jeyah is ready to commit herself to him, her great rival who was known to be a world-class bitch, Bridgette Castillon gets in her way and is more than willing to crush her down. Would she be able to fight for her love when Darren had already given up on her? Would there be a chance to rekindle everything after she was lost and broken?

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Where Can Readers Find Quotes About Regret From Novels?

4 Answers2025-08-27 16:09:50

Hunting down lines about regret from novels is one of my favorite little quests—I love the way a single sentence can bruise your chest in the best possible way. If you want a fast route, hit sites that specialize in quotes: 'Goodreads' has community-curated quote pages for almost every book, and 'Wikiquote' collects verified lines with source pages. For older works, 'Project Gutenberg' is golden because you can search plain text files for words like "regret," "remorse," or "would have." E-readers are underrated too—use the search/highlight function in Kindle or Kobo to find and export passages instantly.

If you're aiming for depth rather than speed, check annotated editions or essays about books. Titles like 'Atonement,' 'Anna Karenina,' 'Crime and Punishment,' and 'The Great Gatsby' are full of memorable regret passages; browsing those chapters in context makes the quotes hit harder. Libraries and secondhand bookstores often have quote anthologies and literary criticism that pull favorite lines together.

One tiny tip from my notebook: always copy at least a sentence before and after the line you like, so the emotion and meaning stay intact when you share it later. It keeps the quote honest and sparky, rather than a tiny fragment that loses its teeth.

What Quotes About Regret Help People Forgive Themselves?

4 Answers2025-10-17 07:38:33

Sometimes I catch myself replaying mistakes like a scratched record, and a handful of lines have pulled me out of that loop. Katherine Mansfield's, 'Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in,' hits me like a cold shower — it’s blunt but freeing. Anne Lamott's, 'Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past,' helped me stop bargaining with time; once I accepted that the past can't be rewritten, I got to work on the present.

I also lean on a softer nudge: 'I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.' That one keeps me honest without beating myself up. When I’m in a spiral, I whisper Rumi's line, 'The wound is the place where the Light enters you,' and try to treat mistakes as cracks where growth happens. These quotes don’t erase guilt, but they remind me to be practical and gentle — to fix what I can and forgive the parts that are only lessons, not identity.

Are 'Sorry Quotes' Effective In Expressing Regret?

4 Answers2025-09-10 16:59:59

When I think about 'sorry quotes,' I can't help but recall how often they pop up in anime and manga. Characters like Hachiman from 'My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected' or Kyon from 'The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya' often use sarcastic or self-deprecating apologies that feel more like a defense mechanism than genuine regret. But then there are moments like in 'Your Lie in April,' where Kaori's heartfelt letter hits you like a truck—showing how powerful words can be when they come from the heart.

In games, too, I've seen quotes used brilliantly. Take 'NieR: Automata'—2B's quiet 'I’m sorry' during that scene carries so much weight because of the context. It’s not just the words; it’s the timing, the relationship, and the stakes. A generic 'sorry' quote slapped on a greeting card? Meh. But when it’s woven into a story you care about, it can wreck you. That’s the magic of well-crafted regret.

How Do Quotes About Regret Explain Choices And Consequences?

3 Answers2025-08-27 01:54:27

Quotes about regret are basically tiny signposts in my life. I’ll be honest: I love how a crisp line can stop me mid-scroll and make me rethink a decision I’m about to make. In games like 'Life is Strange' where choices branch and consequences can be immediate—or devastating—quotable lines about regret always felt true because the game makes you live the ripple effects. Offline, those same lines translate into real behavior: I’ve rethought staying silent at a meeting, or I’ve hesitated before sending a sharp text, because a remembered phrase about future regret clicked.

They don’t give rules, though; they give angles. Sometimes a quote pushes me toward risk (do the thing you’ll later thank yourself for), sometimes toward forgiveness (you can’t live in the past). The key is using them as prompts, not scripts. When I treat a quote as advice worth testing—take a chance, apologize, slow down—I learn whether it maps to my life or just sounds pretty. In short: they’re useful heuristics for translating vague feelings into tiny, testable actions.

Which Celebrities Shared Quotes About Regret After Breakups?

4 Answers2025-08-27 16:45:21

My music-obsessed, slightly dramatic brain always swings to Taylor Swift first when someone asks about celebrities who spoke about regret after breakups. She literally made an entire apology-song in 'Back to December' — lines like, "So this is me swallowing my pride, standing in front of you saying I'm sorry for that night" read like someone owning a painful mistake. I play that song when I'm nursing tea and embarrassing feelings; it’s almost therapeutic.

Adele also gets mentioned a lot because songs such as 'Someone Like You' carry that clear regret-and-wishing-the-best energy: "Never mind, I'll find someone like you / I wish nothing but the best for you, too." And then there are non-musical, public apologies that felt raw and human — Kristen Stewart, for example, issued a statement saying she was "deeply sorry" and admitted a "momentary lapse in judgment" after a high-profile breakup; those words landed like a blunt, real confession. Sam Smith’s 'Stay With Me' isn't exactly an apology, but its pleading lines capture the regret and loneliness after connection falls apart.

If you want examples beyond songs, a lot of actors and public figures have similar short statements in interviews — not always eloquent, but often painfully honest. I keep a small playlist for those moments; sometimes lyrics say what a messy human heart can't.

Which Movies Feature Memorable Quotes About Regret And Loss?

4 Answers2025-08-27 09:01:43

Some nights a line from a movie just sits with me like a pebble in my shoe, nagging until I deal with it. I love how regret and loss show up in cinema — they’re never tidy. For me, 'The Shawshank Redemption' nails that stubborn, aching choice with the line, "Get busy living, or get busy dying." I watched it during a cold week when I needed the push, and it still makes me want to pick a direction instead of staying stuck.

Other favorites that sting in the right way: Roy Batty’s farewell in 'Blade Runner' — "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain" — feels like a poetic slam on mortality. 'Good Will Hunting' has that raw lecture: "You don't know about real loss, because that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself," which always makes me think about what I’ve been avoiding. And 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' gives that brilliant Nietzsche riff, "Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders," which is comfort and indictment at the same time. These films don’t hand out neat answers, but they do give me lines to carry when life gets messy.

Which Poets Wrote Famous Quotes About Regret In History?

4 Answers2025-08-27 15:07:48

On slow afternoons when I dive into old poetry collections I keep bumping up against the same human ache: regret. Some of the most biting lines about that feeling come from poets who turned private sorrow into public wisdom. Alfred Lord Tennyson gives that famous consolation in 'In Memoriam A.H.H.': 'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all.' It’s simple, mournful, and oddly comforting — regret framed as proof you once dared to feel deeply.

Shakespeare, too, captures regret with cold clarity: 'What's done cannot be undone' from 'Macbeth' is a line I think about whenever I replay my own missteps. And Alexander Pope's dry observation, 'To err is human; to forgive, divine,' reminds me that regret is often tied to our expectations of ourselves and others. Each of these poets offers a different angle — consolation, finality, moral perspective — which is why their lines keep getting quoted. When I sit with those phrases I feel less alone in my small, personal regrets; the poets turned them into something almost universal.

Which Authors Wrote Quotes About Regret That Inspire Forgiveness?

4 Answers2025-08-27 10:01:13

There are a few quotes that have stuck with me over the years whenever regret and forgiveness collide, and I find myself scribbling them in the margins of books or whispering them to a friend over coffee.

Alexander Pope’s old line, 'To err is human; to forgive, divine,' still feels like a tiny lantern in a dark room — short but somehow big enough to point the way. It reminds me that regret is universal, and forgiveness lifts us out of that common human mess. Lewis B. Smedes’s line — 'To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you' — blew my mind the first time I read it. I keep thinking about how much energy regret hoards, and how forgiving can be an act of self-rescue.

Then there are voices like Nelson Mandela, who said things about forgiveness freeing the soul and removing fear, and Shakespeare’s mercy speech in 'The Merchant of Venice' — 'The quality of mercy is not strain'd' — which frames forgiveness as both gentle and powerful. These writers don’t just give platitudes; they give perspective, and when I’m stuck ruminating on things I wish I’d done differently, their lines help me choose a kinder path forward.

Which Quotes About Choices In Life Address Regret And Growth?

2 Answers2025-08-24 14:44:17

Some days I scroll through my feed and stop at a quote that makes my brain do cartwheels — like finding a hidden combo in a fighting game that suddenly changes how you play. Choices, regret, and growth are one of those eternal boss fights in life, and a few lines from writers and thinkers have felt like tiny cheat codes when I'm stuck. One of my favorites is Dumbledore’s line in 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets': it’s simple and hits every time — 'It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.' I love how it flips the narrative: ability doesn’t define you, the choices you make when it matters do. I’ve used it as a mantra when I was too scared to say yes to projects or too worried about failing at art commissions. Choosing felt scary, but choosing also taught me who I wanted to be.

Another quote I keep on a sticky note above my desk is from Søren Kierkegaard: 'Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.' That line comforts me when old regrets loop in my head like a broken soundtrack. It’s like saying regrets are part of the map, not the destination — you see why a path existed only after you’ve walked it. I also lean on Marcus Aurelius when my perfectionist side wants to replay every misstep: 'You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.' Stoicism helped me stop treating regret as punishment and start treating it as data: what did I learn, and how does that change the next choice?

There are gentler takes too. Paulo Coelho in 'The Alchemist' whispers to the part of me that fears loss: 'Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.' That gave me permission to be brave, to accept that growth often stomps on comfort. And Sidney J. Harris nails the specific sting of inaction: 'Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.' That one pushed me to send messages, try collaborations, and say yes to coffee with people I admired — tiny choices that led to friendships and chances I would’ve missed.

If you like tangible takeaways: I treat quotes like tools. Some remind me to act (Dumbledore, Harris), some to reflect (Kierkegaard), and some to reframe regret into learning (Marcus Aurelius, Coelho). When regret creeps in, I try a little ritual — breathe, name the regret without drama, ask what it teaches, and pick one small forward step. It doesn’t erase mistakes, but it turns them into the weirdly useful kind of fuel that keeps me moving.

What Short Quotes About Regret Work For Instagram Captions?

4 Answers2025-08-27 11:30:44

Sometimes a photo looks like a full conversation you never had, and I like captions that carry that quiet weight. I shoot a lot of late-afternoon light and suddenly regret becomes a wardrobe — a little heavy, but honest. Here are short lines I actually use or tweak when I want that regret-but-moving-on vibe.

lost the map, kept the memories
regret’s a soft echo
less blame, more learning
I owe my mistakes a thank-you note
chose wrong, still smiling
what ifs collect dust
I traded certainty for a story
not proud, still here

I mix them depending on the photo: the candid shot of me laughing gets 'not proud, still here' to soften it, while a moody street picture begs for 'regret’s a soft echo.' If you want something more literary, tweak a line to match the image—add a location, a time, or an emoji. I find the caption that leans into honesty always gets better conversations under the post, and that's what I love most.