The constant struggle in mature life, I think, is to accept the necessity of tragedy and conflict, and not to try to… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“Those mornings were fragile things — like flowers blooming in the middle of a battlefield. She hadn’t realized then that the soil… — Maggie Sn Copy Share Image
For me, there is a paradox in poetry, which is like the paradox in tragedy. You have the most terrible subject, but… — Tony Harrison Copy Share Image
When tragedy strikes, everybody always thinks about the impact and whether you survive or not. Hardly ever do you think about how… — Trent Williams Copy Share Image
David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
“The tragedy of life is that it comes just once and before you know it, it is gone.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
It would be a tragedy if the remarkable international coalition against terrorism, successfully marshalled in the aftermath of 11 September, were to… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is restful, tragedy, because one knows that there is no more lousy hope left. You know you're caught, caught at last… — Jean Anouilh Copy Share Image
The environment was so strong, so dramatic. Tragedy is all over Calabria; it's in the air. All this corresponds to my temperament. — Gianni Versace Copy Share Image
It isn't fate but fecklessness that has shoved Sarah Palin to the sidelines of national politics. The real tragedy is that she's… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
I follow many tragedies around the world. At one point I [will] feel like I've accumulated an enormous amount of information, a… — Alfredo Jaar Copy Share Image
Every human being has gone through a tragedy of sorts. And the idea is that you have two paths you can take,… — Jillian Michaels Copy Share Image
The Mexican people, you cannot explain this wealth, this history, this joy, the capacity to celebrate amid these tragedies that you have… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There's no straight line between closing the mental institutions and filling the prisons but there is some sort of relationship. And it's… — Peter Moskos Copy Share Image
In the West, it was believed that attitude and ambition saved you. In Africa, we had learned that no one was immune… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
Conflict acting on intelligence creates imagination. Faced with conflict, creatures are forced to imagine what will happen, where the next threat will… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
It's a considerable source of tragedy in the world that people stay in powerful jobs long past the point where they're a… — Bill Keller Copy Share Image
The greatest tragedy is that many of us spent our life without knowing about our true potential. — Tasneem Hameed Copy Share Image
We made the mistake of trusting the Chinese and then compounded it by allowing our men to go out to face them… — Amarinder Singh Copy Share Image
I think whenever any kind of hardship or tragedy comes along, it usually pulls a family closer together or, at least, hopefully. — Justin Hartley Copy Share Image
In a way, Che Guevara's fate was far worse than Simon Bolivar's. Guevara's collapse was complete: his intentions were forgotten, but his… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it. There… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
The difference between tragedy and comedy is the difference between experience and intuition. In the experience we strive against every condition of… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
If you respect the events and respect the real life tragedy, you can drive your film to address it in some mature… — James Mangold Copy Share Image
