“Tragedy is not the second face of the life; but it is the very first face of it!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy. — Curt Flood Copy Share Image
“And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more ...” — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
With time the unbearable becomes shocking, becomes sad, and finally becomes poignant. — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel. — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
The tragedy of life is what dies in the hearts and souls of people while they live. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Laughter and weeping, the Greek masks of comedy and tragedy, mark the extremes of a continuous spectrum; both provide channels for the… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
..Sage is convinced one extraneous calorie will make her go from super skinny to just regular skinny. Tragedy. — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Man survives earthquakes, epidemics, the horrors of disease, and all the agonies of the soul, but for all time his tormenting tragedy… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The centre of the tragedy, therefore, may be said with equal truth to lie in action issuing from character, or in character… — A. C. Bradley Copy Share Image
Beyond the deepest tragedy there is laughter; even in the midst of tragedy there is always the possibility for laughter. — Del Close Copy Share Image
I have changed my definition of tragedy. I now think tragedy is not foul deeds done to a person (usually noble in… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
“Murder, gambling, and beating up women doesn't illicit my sympathy, no matter what kind of language you dress it in.” — Albert Waitt Copy Share Image
For a comedienne, you have to have a little tragedy or a dark side, just not too much. Otherwise it's too disruptive. — Rebel Wilson Copy Share Image
Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
It's rare in Hollywood to get the chance to work on something that you actually care about. The tragedy of the place… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
Make whatever decision you wish but never forget one thing: all of you are much better than you believed. Take advantage of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him... a… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
Having experienced personally and through my family the tragedy of Chile is something always present in my memory. I do not want… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
One of the outstanding tragedies of this age of struggle and money-madness is the fact that so few people are engaged in… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Modern romance, like Greek tragedy, celebrates the mystery of dismemberment, which is life in time. The happy ending is justly scorned as… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
We are witnessing the beginning of one of the great tragedies of history. The United States, in a misguided effort to reduce… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
“I seek to sensitize and clarify the essential elements of my soul. I will leave striving for the flags of fame and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The ‘I’ character in journalism is almost pure invention. Unlike the ‘I’ of autobiography, who is meant to be seen as a… — Janet Malcolm Copy Share Image
“The tragic right is a condition of life, a condition in which the human personality is able to flower and realize itself.… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
“Later, on the night that she and her beloved were slaughtered, when her eyes latched onto the crawl space where she had… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
The Way It Is There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Try telling the poor starving children in third world countries, the people in war torn countries, the women and young girls who… — Danny Santagato Copy Share Image
For any artistic person who creates imaginary people, the art is like inhabiting the life and mind of a seven-year-old child with… — Bob Shacochis Copy Share Image
“To not realize one's dreams is a shame; to not reach for them is a tragedy” — Jason Alan Copy Share Image
“I guess if it wasn't beautiful, the tragedy ultimately wouldn't be sad.” — Mia Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Come what come may, time and the hour run through the roughest day.” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Whenever I'd seen Greek tragedy done with masks and declamations, it brought me out in a rash. — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
“A flower bloomed already wilting. Beginning its life with an early ending.” — RJ Gonzales Copy Share Image
