---
title: "3 Tragedy Desire Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Tragedy Desire quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Tragedy Desire sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/osamu-dazai-2813_chests_one-day-i-went-to-a-soba-restaurant-outs_94293.jpg"
---

> [One day, I went to a soba restaurant outside town, and while I was waiting for the zarusoba I opened an old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/one-day-i-went-to-a-soba-restaurant-outside-town-and-while-i-was/)

[Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/osamu-dazai-2813_chests_one-day-i-went-to-a-soba-restaurant-outs_94293.jpg)

> [Life is made for the strong. There is no mercy in it for the weak– none...Such is the tragedy of desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/life-is-made-for-the-strong-there-is-no-mercy-in-it-for-the-weak-none/)

[Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dreiser/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/theodore-dreiser-8057_compassion_life-is-made-for-the-strong-there-is-no_620696.jpg)

> [“He stared into the fast-flowing waters and contemplated the tragedy of desire.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/he-stared-into-the-fast-flowing-waters-and-contemplated-the-tragedy/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/salman-rushdie-153_desire_he-stared-into-the-fast-flowing-waters-a_2237758.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tragedy-desire/#itemlist",
            "name": "Tragedy Desire Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 3,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "One day, I went to a soba restaurant outside town, and while I was waiting for the zarusoba I opened an old graph magazine. There was a picture of an exhausted, lonely kneeling woman who wore a checked patterned yukata after the tradegy of a large earthquake. With the intensity of my chest ready to burn up, I fell in love with that poor woman. I also felt a horrifying desire for her. Maybe tragedy and desire are back to back to one another.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Osamu Dazai"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/one-day-i-went-to-a-soba-restaurant-outside-town-and-while-i-was/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/osamu-dazai-2813_chests_one-day-i-went-to-a-soba-restaurant-outs_94293.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/osamu-dazai-2813_chests_one-day-i-went-to-a-soba-restaurant-outs_94293.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/osamu-dazai-2813_chests_one-day-i-went-to-a-soba-restaurant-outs_94293.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“One day, I went to a soba restaurant outside town, and while I was waiting for the zarusoba I opened an old…” — Osamu Dazai",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Life is made for the strong. There is no mercy in it for the weak– none...Such is the tragedy of desire.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Theodore Dreiser"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/life-is-made-for-the-strong-there-is-no-mercy-in-it-for-the-weak-none/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/theodore-dreiser-8057_compassion_life-is-made-for-the-strong-there-is-no_620696.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/theodore-dreiser-8057_compassion_life-is-made-for-the-strong-there-is-no_620696.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/theodore-dreiser-8057_compassion_life-is-made-for-the-strong-there-is-no_620696.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Life is made for the strong. There is no mercy in it for the weak– none...Such is the tragedy of desire.” — Theodore Dreiser",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“He stared into the fast-flowing waters and contemplated the tragedy of desire.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Salman Rushdie"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/he-stared-into-the-fast-flowing-waters-and-contemplated-the-tragedy/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/salman-rushdie-153_desire_he-stared-into-the-fast-flowing-waters-a_2237758.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/salman-rushdie-153_desire_he-stared-into-the-fast-flowing-waters-a_2237758.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/salman-rushdie-153_desire_he-stared-into-the-fast-flowing-waters-a_2237758.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“He stared into the fast-flowing waters and contemplated the tragedy of desire.” — Salman Rushdie",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tragedy-desire/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tragedy-desire/",
            "name": "Tragedy Desire Quotes",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tragedy-desire/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/osamu-dazai-2813_chests_one-day-i-went-to-a-soba-restaurant-outs_94293.jpg"
            },
            "description": "Browse 3 Tragedy Desire quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Tragedy Desire sayings and thoughts.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tragedy-desire/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tragedy-desire/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Tragedy Desire Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tragedy-desire/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```