"Our recollections bring out our joyful smiles, but hardly make us chortle or guffaw; our recollections often leave imprints on our faces that show our regrets, but they hardly produce sounds that echo the depth of those regrets."

Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Cameroonian Author

Regret, Memory, Joy, Emotion

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"Our recollections bring out our joyful smiles, but hardly make us chortle or guffaw; our recollections often leave imprints on our faces that show our regrets, but they hardly produce sounds that echo the depth of those regrets."

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"It seems it has been my fate to sadden those I should have made happy."

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"Sometimes you do not like the situation. But you have to endure for awhile."

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"She regretted the explanation immediately, but that was because she always regretted everything."

Nick Hornby, English Writer

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"Whoever hates, harm."

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"We have left undone those things which we ought to have done and we have done those things which we ought not to have done."

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"I wanted to wash away our past misgivings in those tears that would run from our eyes and weave a new start by folding her in my arms.I wanted to, but I did not!"

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"When singers, actors or artists touch on sorrow, they are trying to give comfort to aggrieved souls by giving some meaning to their sorrows. The job of the singer, actor or artists ,in general, is to make us comfortable with our feelings or emotions-be it pain, hurt, anger, hatred, sadness, pleasure, love, cheerfulness or joy."

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