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Maybe I was reading all this wrong, but suddenly, not having said Yes to something that would have been great seemed worse than having said Yes to something that could’ve been bad.
Sure, it’s a case by case thing, but I was starting to realize that regret could always be with you. And maybe there’s a real difference between doing something we regret, and regretting not having done something.
And it seemed that difference could be…well….sadness.
Take the stupidest thing you’ve ever done…at least it’s done. It’s over. It’s gone. We can all learn from our mistakes, and heal and move on. But it’s harder to learn, or heal, or move on from something that hasn’t happened; something we don’t know and is therefore indefinable; something that could very easily have been the best thing in our lives, if only we’d taken the plunge, if only we’d held our breath and stood up and done it, if only we’d said ‘Yes’.
If only.

Yes Man
Danny Wallace








…he’d never learned to look on his inability to write as anything other than a temporary state., which meant that he was permanently unsettled, as if he were in an airport lounge waiting for a plane. In the old days, when he flew a lot, he’d never been able to get absorbed in a book until the plane had taken off, so he’d spent the pre-boarding time flicking through magazines and browsing in gift shops, and that’s what the last couple of decades had felt like: one long flick through a magazine. If he’d known how long he was going to spend in the airport lounge of his own life, he’d have made slightly different travel arrangements, but instead he’s sat there, sighing and fidgeting and, more often than was ever really acceptable, snapping at his travelling companions.



Juliet, Naked
Nick Hornby






“The most important decision you’ll ever make is who you marry,” Dad said. “You can take every other decision you’ll ever make, add them together, and it still won’t be as important as that one. Suppose you choose the wrong job for example. With the right wife, that’s not a problem. She’ll encourage you to make a change, cheer you on no matter what. You understand?”
Yes.
Remember that, okay?
Okay.
You have to love her more than anything in the world. But she has to love you just as much. Your priority should be her happiness., and her priority should be yours. That’s a funny thing – caring about someone more than yourself. It’s not easy. So don’t look at her as just a sexual object or just a friend to talk to. Picture every day with the person. Picture paying bills with that person, raising children with that person, being stuck in a hot room with no air-conditioning and a screaming baby with that person. Am I making sense?

The Final Detail
Harlan Coben