Regret Quote by Susan Mallery

“Hamlet: … for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so…”

— Hamlet Act 2 scene 2

“This place looks like the last scene in Hamlet.”

— Patricia Briggs

“It would be insane to call Hamlet a loser, though he has lost and I think that is the lesson of tragedy.”

— Alain de Botton

“I’ve read Hamlet, I know men suffer.”

— Andrea Dworkin

“Hamlet: “He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.”

— Robert A. Caro

“More grief to hide than hate to utter love. Polonius, Hamlet.”

— William Shakespeare

“The martyrdom of me.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“You really need to get over your martyr complex. One of these days it’s going to get you killed.”

— Aimee Carter

“Walk your wounds, surf your suffering. Amidst self-lovers, martyr is the king.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“This guilt is a joke, and it’s exhausting to watch you martyr yourself.”

— Ann Aguirre

“And there you sit, gloating over what you have done, as if you were a martyr or a public benefactor -- as complacent and…

— Hope Mirrlees

“...imagine anybody having lived forty-five or fifty years without knowing Hamlet! One might as well spend one's life in a coal mine.”

— Hector Berlioz