Could Have Been Quotes

“Blood has an oder faint but distinct, of conceit and modesty, of courage and cowardice, of charity and greed, of faith and doubt, in short the fragrance of what we might have been and the smell of what we are...”
― Dean Koontz, Deeply Odd

“The mother loved me, the sister loved me, the father loved me, IT COULD'VE BEEN PERFECT!”
― Mariah Carey, The Meaning of Mariah Carey

“You could have been the one to stop her.' Her eyes were hard upon me, and she bared her teeth. They were alarmingly sharp. She shoved the turnips and beets into the bag. 'You could have been the one to free him and his power, had you not been so blind to your own heart. Humans,' she spat.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“It could have been worse,” I venture.
“How precisely?”
I think about it. “I’m not entirely sure, but most things can be worse.”
― Angela Slatter, Red New Day & Other Microfictions

“I mind less that you broke
the thing we were
and more that you broke
the thing we could have been.”
― Kristina Mahr

“Taking the chance is better than living in the hell of not knowing what could have been.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Elusive Love