Most of the time, everyone deserves more than one chance. We all do things we regret now and then.

—Celeste Ng in Little Fires Everywhere

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About Celeste Ng

Portrait of Celeste Ng

Celeste Ng ( sə-LEST ING; Chinese: 伍绮诗; born July 30, 1980) is an American writer and novelist. Her short stories have been published in a variety of literary journals. Ng's first novel, Everything I Never Told You, released in 2014, won the Amazon Book of the Year award as well...

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Sometimes you regret the things you do, but they're over and done. Regretting the things you didn't do is tougher, because they're still out there… haunting you. The what-ifs.

—Elin Hilderbrand in The Matchmaker

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I have no regrets. To regret my past would be to admit I am not satisfied with who or what I have become.

—Scott Hildreth in Finding Parker

I know that grief, like regret, settles into our DNA and remains forever a part of us.

—Kristin Hannah in The Nightingale

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I don't go around regretting things that don't happen.

—Virgil Thomson

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When we grow old, there can only be one regret—not to have given enough of ourselves.

—Eleonora Duse

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