Status Updates From Zaregoto, Book 1: The Kubik...

It seems there is some kind of solace to be found in regret. It serves as an escape from what's right before your eyes. You end up pinning all your bad deeds on the "former you." So it's hardly self-condemnation. When you are regretting something, you're technically being good.

“Dust the dust… That’s all I can say. And you did good, kid. You did real good. How’s that for a compliment? But you gotta try a little harder than that. If you’re dissatisfied, don’t pretend you aren’t. Make what’s unstable stable. Drive the irrational into the rational. Don’t write your thoughts off as worthless sentiment. M’kay?”