“What does it mean to regret when you have no choice? It's what you can bear. And there it is… It was death. I chose life.”

— Michael Cunningham , book The Hours

Source: The Hours

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American novelist and screenwriter 1952

Paul Arden (1940–2008) writer

Source: Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite

“"Don't worry. I can teach you every word that you need to know right now. One of them is fiesta.
"What does that mean?"
"It means 'party' Another important word is juerga.
"What does that word mean? […] Magnus, does that word also mean 'party?'"
"I would apologize, except that I feel no regret at all."”

Cassandra Clare The Bane Chronicles

Magnus Bane and Ragnor Fell in 1791, p. 9.
The Bane Chronicles, What Really Happened in Peru (2013)

“There are only two things you can do when you're dressed like Barbie Does Bondage; you can be embarrassed or you can be aggressive. Guess what my choice was.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book The Killing Dance

Source: The Killing Dance

“Do you know what it means to be loved by Death?… Do you know what it means to have Death know your name?”

Anne Rice book Interview with the Vampire

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“I don't regret it, you know. I would do it all again. Children are our hope for the future."
THERE IS NO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, said Death.
"What does it contain, then?"
ME.”

Terry Pratchett book Sourcery

Source: Sourcery

“Put the car away; when life fails
What's the good of going to Wales?
Here am I, here are you:
But what does it mean? What are we going to do?”

W. H. Auden (1907–1973) Anglo-American poet

It's no use raising a shout (1929), first published in book form in Poems (1930)

“Forty-one years ago that couple from Haiti could have made the choice to abort, but they didn’t. They chose life. They didn’t choose what might have been; they chose what is to come. They went and followed and fostered that life, and the future and the dreams that baby would bring”

Mia Love (1975) American politician

[ Mia Love Delivers Heartfelt Speech at March for Life http://freebeacon.com/issues/mia-love-heartfelt-speech-march-for-life/ (January 27, 2017)

“What does success mean to you? What kind of success would you like in your life?”

Nigel Cumberland (1967) British author and leadership coach

Your Job-Hunt Ltd – Advice from an Award-Winning Asian Headhunter (2003), Successful Recruitment in a Week (2012) https://books.google.ae/books?idp24GkAsgjGEC&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIGjAA#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living (2016) https://books.google.ae/books?idnu0lCwAAQBAJ&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIMjAE

“One thing I can tell you for sure is this: we only regret what we don't do in life.”

Kristin Hannah (1960) American writer

Source: Firefly Lane

“Freedom does not mean doing what you can get away with, doing what you please. It means, instead, having the opportunity to do what you ought to do--for family and for community and for humanity as a whole.”

Alan Keyes (1950) American politician

Speech at Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, March 4, 2000. http://renewamerica.us/archives/speeches/00_03_04fairmont.htm.
2000

“What does it mean to regret when you have no choice? It's what you can bear. And there it is… It was death. I chose life.”

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