Regretful Quotes Novels & Stories

His voice cracked, and his eyes filled with tears, bloodshot and weary. Parang binuhusan ang malamig na tubig ang katawan ko nang matitigan siya. Hindi ko kaya. . . "I already regret what I did to you back then. Letting you go was the biggest mistake of my life, and I don't want to make the same mistake again." Napapaos na boses niya. "I don't fucking care about them…they can shower in hell for all I care," he said, gritting his teeth, looking at me intently.

Hindi pa naman ako nakapag search kagabi ng something motivational and inspiring quote puro cheesy pick-up lines lang. Buti na lang at nakita ko 'yong quotes for life na nakadikit sa pader. Hindi ko pinahalata na binabasa ko 'yon at dahil do'n, pinuri nila ako kahit na medyo nandaya ako kaya umamin na lang ako at natawa sila. "Pero if words of wisdom para kay Jaq..." this time, I really think hard to form words that could satisfy him to keep living. "Nothing is permanent in this wicked world. Not even our troubles. Kaya cheer up, Jaq. God doesn't give us what we can handle, God helps us handle what we are given." I said straight into his eyes then gave him a bright smile after.

She’s… regretting? “Because of my selfishness, my daughter died while hating me—your grandmother died while she’s hating me…” she smiled sadly and there’s regret in her tired eyes, “I just realized it when I saw her body dying and when she said that she hates me for ruining of her life… for being a selfish and useless mother,” napahikbi siya at napaiyak na lamang din ako ng tahimik. “She suffered a lot because of me… so is your mother—my only grandchild,” she looked at me regretfully, “I did many bad things to your grandmother that’s why I promised that I won’t ruin my granddaughter’s life…” she stood up and caressed my cheeks.

Dahil pumapasok ngayon sa utak ko ang mga detalye ng pangyayari no'ng gabing 'yon. I might be drunk, but I don't have the ability to forget. And god knows how much I regret falling on to that kind of situation, sana hindi na ako uminom. Sana hindi na ako nagluksa, sana... sana, hindi na lang ako nahulog sa kaniya, kasi everything started with him. WITH HIM, when I fell for the very first damn time in my life. Nalilito ako noon, I was regretful and thankful. But now that we're talking about it again, I found out that regrets are more powerful and heavier than baing thankful. Kahit na isa pa siyang mabait na tao sa'kin.

Hindi ako umatras. Kahit sobrang lapit na niya. Kahit ramdam ko na yung bigat ng presensya niya. “Then maybe you stopped looking for better ones.” Doon siya natahimik. Mas matagal kaysa dati. At doon ko nakita ulit yung crack. Yung parte niya na pilit niyang tinatago. Pagod. Regret. At isang bagay na ayaw niyang aminin kahit sa sarili niya.

dagdag nito na kina tahimik ng lahat. “Dahil pag nawala na ang pagkakataon at binawi na sainyo ito. Wala na kayong pagkakataon pa para ibalik ang lahat sa dati. Sa huli puro regret lang nararamdaman ninyo..” huling wika nito at nag lakad na ito dala ang kanyang jacket. “Maliligo lang ako..” paalam nito at bigla na itong nawala.

Kung ako ang tatanungin, I wouldn’t be satisfied about having only ten dates with him. “Of course not, it was only an example. The truth is I want to have long dates with you, forever. If you will allow me, Athena… I’ll make it up for every bad thing I did to you. I’ll chase the time back if that’s the only way we could have our happy ever after.” “It’s fine, Cristoff… really. Regrets will only eat us away like nothing else, so let’s just forget about it. I don’t want to regret everything because that’s what brought us here.”

In those fleeting moments of stillness, I would find solace, a brief respite from the relentless march of time. But even as I toiled away, my thoughts would invariably drift back to her, to the woman I had loved and lost, to the son I had never had the chance to truly know. With each passing day, the weight of my regret grew heavier, a burden too heavy to bear, threatening to crush me beneath its crushing weight.

Ang masakit na katotohanan ay wala siyang nagawa noon. There was this regret and frustration of not doing what he could do earlier, and now, he was afraid that it might be too late. Takot siyang isipin na dahil sa tagal ng proseso, hindi niya na makikita pa si Olivia. Ayaw niyang tanggapin na baka nga huli na ang lahat. "I'm sorry," he uttered, it was almost a whisper. Only the air heard his regret. Sana'y noon pa. Sana ay nagkaroon siya ng lakas ng loob una pa lamang.

Gusto kong bumalik kasi lumalakas na din ang ulan, pero bago pa ako makagalaw, narinig ko siya. “Do you regret those nights, Sage?” Parang kumalabog ‘yung mundo ko. Napatigil ako, hindi siya lumingon, pero alam niyang nandito ako. “Regret?” ulit ko. “Yeah,” mahina niyang sabi. “Those nights, in here.” Huminga ako nang malalim. “I regret what it turned us into,” sagot ko nang mabagal. “Pero hindi yung naramdaman ko.”