“Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire.”

“My only regret is to die four pages too soon.”

“I'm Really Serious. Do Not Turn the Page. You Will Regret It.”

“But it's always intriguing to discover the ways in which desire fuels the systems of the world.”

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

“We have years to converse with someone, to blurt and rant, to explain our desires and anger and regrets - and oh how we squander those moments.”

“Pleasant, a steed with a thick mane in a tangle;
Also pleasant, crackling fuel.
Pleasant, desire, and silver fringes;
Also pleasant, the conjugal ring.”

“Stepping out, off the page, into the sensual world.
And then our arrows of desire rewrite the speech...”

“Life moves out of a red flare of dreams
Into a common light of common hours,
Until old age bring the red flare again.”

“Having too many choices produces psychological distress, especially when combined with regret, concern about status, adaptation, social comparison, and perhaps most important, the desire to have the best of everything—to maximize.”