#regrets

I regret to say I'm unable to reply to your unexpressed desires. ↗

— Harryette Mullen

#poetry #regrets #silence #courage

Regret is the sound of the ghosts of our own making. I will live with mine until I die. ↗

— T.A. Webb

#regrets #death

Suicide is a hasty unresolved death that slowly kills those close-by day by day. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#regrets #suicide #surviors #death

With a philosophy education, one can infuriate his peers, intimidate his date, think of obscure, unreliable ways to make money, and never regret a thing. ↗

— Criss Jami

#composure #contentment #education #education-system #freedom

A woman once held a Canary in the palm of her hand and stroked her and whispered a careful warning. The canary, seeking some freedom to fly, went into the mine while the woman watched in worry. The mine was filled with toxic gases and the Canary began to sing. She flew into danger, realized the threats around her, and wished to return to a place of refuge. ↗

— Donna Lynn Hope

#regrets #freedom

I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed. ↗

— Ned Vizzini

#living #moving-on #regrets #funny

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent. ↗

— C.G. Jung

#regrets #life

People always say life is too short for regrets. But the truth is, it's too long. ↗

— Sarah Addison Allen

#truth #life

In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#long-term #memories #regrets #life

Whoever said that the past isn't dead had it backward. It's the future that's already dead, already played out. ↗

— Gayle Forman

#bhie #future #life #past #regrets