Después de los cuarenta años la verdadera cara la tenemos en la nuca, mirando desesperadamente para atrás. (After forty years, the real face is on the back of the neck, looking desperately back.)
—Julio Cortázar
Showing posts with label regrets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label regrets. Show all posts
Monday, February 11, 2019
Friday, November 28, 2014
Post #1695
The present only is a man's possession; the past is gone out of his hand wholly, irrevocably. He may suffer from it, learn from it, —in degree, perhaps, expiate it; but to brood over it is utter madness.
—Dinah Maria Mulock
—Dinah Maria Mulock
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Post #761
Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it is good only for wallowing.
—Katherine Mansfield
—Katherine Mansfield
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
- dave
- El Paso, Texas, United States
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