Quote by Carrie Fisher

“...we could've had something perfect, but it just wasn't meant to be.”

— Julie Kagawa

“He just wanted to see it. From afar. To see what might have been, what he was glad hadn't been. But maybe should have…

— Julia Quinn

“Could've, should've, would've. Didn't.”

— S.L. Grey

“It was meant to be or it wouldn’t have happened.”

— Scott Stabile

“It could mean nothing, or anything we want it to, I guess.”

— Katie Bayerl

“Don't you dare feel sorry for 'could have'.”

— J. Kenner

“There must have been a moment, at the beginning, where we could have said -- no. But somehow we missed it.”

— Tom Stoppard

“How could Mark be halfway across the world when she would have sworn he'd been in this room with her only seconds ago?”

— Teresa Medeiros

“Just smile at what has gone by; it could have been worse.”

— Haresh Sippy

“It was no good to look back, to apologize for what had happened, or to wonder what could have been different.”

— Lily Blake

“To me, there's no point in talking about things that might have been.”

— Suzanne Collins

“I like things to be what they're going to be. Not what they were. Or could have been.”

— Angie Smibert