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Could Have Been Quotes (page 5)

I supposed, perhaps, you miss the promise of what could have been, while at the same time you are grateful that what it was instead is over. Sylvia Day
Emily Giffin quote: "Things are what they are and there's no point dwelling in the..."
Things are what they are and there's no point dwelling in the past or wondering what could have been. Emily Giffin
Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward. Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey quote: "Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have..."
Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different. Oprah Winfrey
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "I am not, and never was, and never could have been, a brutal..."
I am not, and never was, and never could have been, a brutal scoundrel. Vladimir Nabokov
Polite conversationalists leave no mark save the scars upon the Earth that could have been prevented had they stood their ground. David R. Brower
It is my purpose, as one who lived and acted in these days, first to show how easily the tragedy of the Second World War could have been prevented; how the malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous... Winston Churchill
Conor Oberst quote: "I could have been a famous singer, if I had someone else's voice."
I could have been a famous singer, if I had someone else's voice. Conor Oberst
The first step to the knowledge of the wonder and mystery of life is the recognition of the monstrous nature of the earthly human realm as well as its glory, the realization that this is just how it is and that it cannot and will not be changed. Those who think they know how the universe could have been had they created it, without pain, without sorrow, without time, without death, are unfit for illumination. Joseph Campbell
The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd - The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world’s existence. All these half-tones of the soul’s consciousness create in us a painful landscape, an eternal sunset of what we are. Fernando Pessoa
He was a great poet" They lamented. No, he was not a great poet," said Theo, "He was a good poet, he could have been better. That's the real loss don't you see? Lloyd Alexander
Jane Austen quote: "She was convinced that she could have been happy with him,..."
She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet. Jane Austen
Without knowing it, Javert in his awful happiness was deserving of pity, like every ignorant man who triumphs. Nothing could have been more poignant or more heartrending than that countenance on which was inscribed all the evil in what is good. Victor Hugo
Every letter was a love letter. Of course, as love letters went, this one could have been better. It was not very promising, for instance, that Madeleine claimed not to want to see him for the next half-century. Jeffrey Eugenides
We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Sahara. Richard Dawkins

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