Lisa Kleypas Quotes

As we grow older I always think, why didn't I do more when I was young, why didn't I risk more?

I think it's natural as you get to the end of your twenties to start thinking about what you could have done differently - whether they went well or whether they went terribly.

If I had to do it all over again, I'd probably live the same way.

I don't think I have regrets.

I think you always have regrets.

Regret is pointless. I never do anything without first deciding to do it based on facts and feelings, and if it doesn't work out how I hoped, oh well - there's another notch on my experience belt.

If I had to do it over, I wouldn't change a thing.

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

If I was starting off now, I would probably have taken one or two different turnings along the way.

If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?

I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.

I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.

When you're in your early 20s, you go ahead and do everything. And it's very hard to judge yourself.

I wouldn't go back and change anything.

Everything I did and continue to do happens for a reason, and honestly, I don't regret much in my life.

I don't know how to sit outside myself and test against a hypothetical self who stayed home.

I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.

I can't say that dropping out of school at 16 to join the Marines was my best idea. On the other hand, maybe it was. Who knows?

You learn from things that you experience in life. I'd never want to say that I regret anything or that anything was a mistake. Honestly, that isn't how I have chosen to live my life.

I don't regret anything in life.

Having a collection of regrets when you hit your 40s is part of the deal.

I'm not a person who regrets - it doesn't make me smarter to regret something.

Every choice leads you somewhere, but it might not be where you truly want to be if the decision is based on someone else. It could lead to regrets and what-ifs, but that doesn't mean you wouldn't still have valuable experiences.

I have done a lot of crazy things in my life, and I do not regret anything.

I was 39 when I did, essentially, a three-quarter sleeve on my left arm. It was very late in life, which is good: I can't think of any decision I made at 19 that I'd be happy with at 39 or even now, at 51.