"My tidiness, and my untidiness, are full of regret and remorse and complex feelings."

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Natalia Ginzburg

#Regret Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Remorse Quotes

“I lived too much in my head instead of the real world.”
“In vain sedate reflections we would make When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.”
“We are born of love. Love is our mother.”
“Love lodged in a woman's breast is but a guest.”

Source : Walter Raleigh, Henry Wotton, J. Hannah (1929). “The Poems of Sir Walter Raleigh”, p.88, Рипол Классик
“Reading time is precious. Don't waste it. Reading bad books, or books that are wrong for a certain time in your life, can dangerously turn you off the activity altogether.”

Source : "How not to read" by Lionel Shriver, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2014.
“The difference between fear and panic is knowing what to do. If you have a reliable, effective solution then fear is an asset. You know what to do and fear just makes you do it faster. On the other hand, if you don't know what to do - or don't trust what you know - then you will freeze in terror, because you have no clear goal or way to get there. Fear helps, panic hinders. Fear is your savior, panic your nemesis.”
“The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted.”
“Every job is an opportunity to be a better person.”

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