“I…regret…what I did. It was wrong. Very wrong. But regret is meaningless.”
N. K. Jemisin book The Broken Kingdoms
Source: The Broken Kingdoms (2011), Chapter 16 “From the Depths to the Heights” (watercolor) (p. 283)
to conservative Alaskan columnist Paul Jenkins, in response to a comparison of emails showing her actions in conducting campaign business on City time to state Republican leader Randy Ruedrich conducting party business on state time, , quoted in [2008-09-14, Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes, Jo Becker, Peter S. Goodman and Michael Powell, The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html]
2014
“I…regret…what I did. It was wrong. Very wrong. But regret is meaningless.”
N. K. Jemisin book The Broken Kingdoms
Source: The Broken Kingdoms (2011), Chapter 16 “From the Depths to the Heights” (watercolor) (p. 283)
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
All Shook Up, written by Otis Blackwell and Elvis Presley (1957)
Song lyrics
“We’re all racing,” he said.
“Yeah, but some of us in the wrong direction.”
China Miéville book Iron Council
Part 6 “The Caucus Race”, chapter 20 (p. 364)
Iron Council (2004)
“We did everything adults would do. What went wrong?”
William Golding book Lord of the Flies
Source: Lord of the Flies
“And flash him!” Annabeth’s face reddened. “That came out wrong. But yeah, good idea.”
Rick Riordan book The Blood of Olympus
Source: The Blood of Olympus
Pol Pot (1925–1998) former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea
Nate Thayer interview (1997)