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title: "34 Life Tragic Quotes by 31 authors"
description: "Browse 34 Life Tragic quotes by 31 authors. Discover the best Life Tragic sayings and thoughts."
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> [I don't need drugs. Life is already tragic enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-vedder/i-don-t-need-drugs-life-is-already-tragic-enough/)

[Eddie Vedder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-vedder/)

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> [Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tcheky-karyo/life-is-tragic-comedy-in-a-way-there-is-humor/)

[Tcheky Karyo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tcheky-karyo/)

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> [Life is too tragic for sadness: Let us rejoice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/life-is-too-tragic-for-sadness-let-us-rejoice/)

[Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/)

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> [Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/life-would-be-tragic-if-it-weren-t-funny/)

[Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/)

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> [My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/my-life-has-been-tragic-and-disastrous-since-birth/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

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> [Life is tragic but it's equally comic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/life-is-tragic-but-it-s-equally-comic/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

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> [“Life is tragic so be safe”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-tragic-so-be-safe/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-vedder/i-don-t-need-drugs-to-make-my-life-tragic/)

[Eddie Vedder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-vedder/)

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> [“Human life is fatally fragile and subject to forces beyond our power to manage. Life is tragic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/human-life-is-fatally-fragile-and-subject-to-forces-beyond-our-power/)

[Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/)

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> [Life is tragic for those who have plenty to live on and nothing to live for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-auliq-ice/life-is-tragic-for-those-who-have-plenty-to-live-on-and-nothing-to/)

[Oscar Auliq-Ice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-auliq-ice/)

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> [“We can only hope to live a meaningful life by serving as earnest witnesses to life’s tragic beauty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kilroy-j-oldster/we-can-only-hope-to-live-a-meaningful-life-by-serving-as-earnest/)

[Kilroy J. Oldster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kilroy-j-oldster/)

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> [Changing directions in life is not tragic. Losing passion in life is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/changing-directions-in-life-is-not-tragic-losing-passion-in-life-is/)

[Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/)

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> [You build up a world of magic, because your real life is tragic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-build-up-a-world-of-magic-because-your-real-life-is-tragic/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [DEATH is not the most lost in life. The most tragic is what DIES inside while you are still ALIVE!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire/death-is-not-the-most-lost-in-life-the-most-tragic-is-what-dies/)

[Claire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire/)

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> [Death is not the most tragic loss in life. The most tragic loss is what dies inside while your still alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/death-is-not-the-most-tragic-loss-in-life-the-most-tragic-loss-is/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Racing through a life of tragic wastage, I experience the loss of trust and innocence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bad-religion/racing-through-a-life-of-tragic-wastage-i-experience-the-loss-of/)

[Bad Religion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bad-religion/)

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> [Why is life so tragic; so like a little strip of pavement over an abyss. I look down; I feel giddy; I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/why-is-life-so-tragic-so-like-a-little-strip-of-pavement-over-an/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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> [life is a tragic mystery. We are pierced and driven by laws we only half understand, we find that the lesson we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florida-scott-maxwell/life-is-a-tragic-mystery-we-are-pierced-and-driven-by-laws-we-only/)

[Florida Scott-Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florida-scott-maxwell/)

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> [“What I want everyone to know is that the sun is going to rise tomorrow whether you want it to or not.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/project-semicolon/what-i-want-everyone-to-know-is-that-the-sun-is-going-to-rise/)

[Project Semicolon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/project-semicolon/)

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> [I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/i-ve-got-a-peculiar-weakness-for-criminals-and-artists-neither-takes/)

[Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/)

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> [“Ella held herself rigidly against all emotion until she arrived at the dark haven of her room. Then she threw herself across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bess-streeter-aldrich/ella-held-herself-rigidly-against-all-emotion-until-she-arrived-at/)

[Bess Streeter Aldrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bess-streeter-aldrich/)

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> [“One might say my life has been tragic. Yet, as I sat in pain in the hospital I raised my tired hands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abeba-habtu/one-might-say-my-life-has-been-tragic-yet-as-i-sat-in-pain-in-the/)

[Abeba Habtu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abeba-habtu/)

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> [Life is tragic. You are tiny and flawed and ignorant and weak, and everything else is huge, complex, and overwhelming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jordan-peterson/life-is-tragic-you-are-tiny-and-flawed-and-ignorant-and-weak-and/)

[Jordan Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jordan-peterson/)

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> [Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-baldwin/life-is-tragic-simply-because-the-earth-turns-and-the-sun-inexorably/)

[James A. Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-baldwin/)

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> [“None of us are immune from life’s tragic moments. Like the small rubber boat we had in basic SEAL training, it takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-mcraven/none-of-us-are-immune-from-life-s-tragic-moments-like-the-small/)

[William H. McRaven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-mcraven/)

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> [“People will go through their entire lives justifying every damn decision…they’ll fight for all the wrong things, until finally the right thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/people-will-go-through-their-entire-lives-justifying-every-damn/)

[Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/)

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> [I guess you could say life had some tragic loss planned out for me but all I can tell myself is somehow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/i-guess-you-could-say-life-had-some-tragic-loss-planned-out-for-me/)

[Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/)

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> [As many know, and especially those who may have young sons or daughters at colleges or universities, the last thing you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-fossella/as-many-know-and-especially-those-who-may-have-young-sons-or/)

[Vito Fossella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-fossella/)

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> [“Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baldwin/life-is-tragic-simply-because-the-earth-turns-and-the-sun-inexorably-2/)

[James Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baldwin/)

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> [She built up a world of magic because her real life was tragic. Woah woah woahh xD](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramore/she-built-up-a-world-of-magic-because-her-real-life-was-tragic-woah/)

[Paramore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramore/)

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> [You can perceive life as tragic, or you can laugh at the tragedy of it and that turns it into comedy. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-ramis/you-can-perceive-life-as-tragic-or-you-can-laugh-at-the-tragedy-of-it/)

[Harold Ramis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-ramis/)

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> [I am a happy person and I choose to be a positive person. I think some people think my life has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patsy-kensit/i-am-a-happy-person-and-i-choose-to-be-a-positive-person-i-think-some/)

[Patsy Kensit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patsy-kensit/)

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> [“Romantic haste in drama brings tears and sighs when the hero dies but the curtain fall is final when in life we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-klapper/romantic-haste-in-drama-brings-tears-and-sighs-when-the-hero-dies-but/)

[C.P. Klapper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-klapper/)

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> [Quite often in life, when a tragic event arrives it becomes a springboard for mirroring all other things in one's life that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-rampling/quite-often-in-life-when-a-tragic-event-arrives-it-becomes-a/)

[Charlotte Rampling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-rampling/)

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