“A divinely brilliant life has no regret when DEATH comes along.
And you say," Yes, I'm well prepared! "”

—  Kazeronnie Mak

Life, Death, Wisdom

Last update Jan. 15, 2022. History

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“If we live a life full of regret, full of things we haven't done, if we've lived an unfulfilled life, when death comes along, it's a lot worse. I think it's true for all of us.”

Irvin D. Yalom (1931) American psychotherapist and writer

How to Die, The Atlantic, October 2017 Issue https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/how-to-die/537906/

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“You resent death. You regret death. But as for your own life, you know perfectly well that no one can threaten it at all. Death is something that happens to someone else.”

Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist

Treason (1988)

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“"Wuthering Heights" was not your normal type song — but that's why it was so brilliant. It was something out the norm. When something like that comes along, they don’t come along that often.
When does the next Kate Bush come along, after Kate Bush? There hasn’t been one.”

Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist

The Kate Bush Story (2014)

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“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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“Well tonight I'm gonna live for today, so come along for the ride,
I hope I'm old before I die.”

Robbie Williams (1974) British singer and entertainer

Old Before I Die
Life Thru a Lens (1997)

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“Percy: Dad-

Poseidon: Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works.

Percy: I'm praying, I'm talking to you, right?

Poseidon: Oh… yes. Good point.”

Rick Riordan book The Last Olympian

Variant: Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works.
I am praying. I'm talking to you, right?
Oh... yes. Good point. Amphitrite - incoming!
Source: The Last Olympian

“Not by hazard are ye come; divine fate, I ween, hath brought you to my shores.”
Haud temere est, fato divum reor ad mea vectos litora vos.

Gaius Valerius Flaccus book Argonautica

Source: Argonautica, Book IV, Lines 741–742

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“Regret…when it comes to you, I have oceans of it.”

Khaled Hosseini book A Thousand Splendid Suns

Jalil's letter
Source: A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)

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“I love the life you've always made so sweet for me and I'd regret it if I had to die.'
'Do you mean to say that if I left you---'
'I'd die, yes.'
'Then you love me?”

Alexandre Dumas book The Count of Monte Cristo

Source: The Count of Monte Cristo

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