Tragedy Quotes

1523 Tragedy quotes by 1108 unique authors

Aid workers, when handing out food to starving people, quickly learn that the people fighting for it at the front are the people who need… — Louise Penny
That was the tragedy. Not that one man had the courage to be evil. But that millions had not the courage to be good. — John Fowles
Modern romance, like Greek tragedy, celebrates the mystery of dismemberment, which is life in time. The happy ending is justly scorned as a misrepresentation; for… — Joseph Campbell
Youth is the only sexy tragedy. It's James Dean jumping into his Porsche Spyder, it's Marilyn heading off to bed. — Michael Cunningham
I had the great idea of using markers to gently color the ants so I could tell them apart, but I learned that this is… — Jim Benton
One of the great tragedies of modern education is that most people are not taught to think critically. The majority of the world’s people, those… — Haki R. Madhubuti
That is the mysterious thing about tragedy- it often strikes at the happiest moment. — Christopher Pike
Every woman becomes their mother. That's their tragedy. And no man becomes his. That's his tragedy. — Oscar Wilde
It's not the tragedies that kill us; it's the messes. — Dorothy Parker
The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy. In my mind it’s a little bit of both, and… — Nicholas Sparks
Jacian Obregon. It sounds like a melody. Or a tragedy. — Lisa McMann
When you fly across the country in an airplane the country seems vast; but it isn't vast. It's all connected by roads one can ride… — Donald Miller
That faeries have forgotten the Tapestry; that is the greatest tragedy of all. It's the fabric of all creation and it's woven of dreams, the… — Laini Taylor
I knew that the deepest of tragedies was simple: to love, and not to be loved in return. — Judy Blundell
She is Melusina, the water goddess, and she is found in hidden springs and waterfalls in any forest in Christendom, even in those as far… — Philippa Gregory
Life is never static. Despite catastrophic tragedies, life has persisted in evolving new varieties of unimaginable forms. I find comfort in the narrative of evolutionary… — Greg Graffin
I love you." Z squeezed his eyes shut. "Don't be a tragedy, Bella. — J R Ward
Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of… — Elie Wiesel
Sometimes, when tragedy strikes, people give up hope that they can expect anything more from life, when the real quest is finding out what life… — Richard Paul Evans
He smiled, and suddenly she knew that his words were true. Everything would be all right. Maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow, but soon.… — Julia Quinn
The life of every individual is really always a tragedy, but gone through in detail, it has the character of a comedy. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Comedy and tragedy are so mixed up in life, Gilbert. The only thing that haunts me is that tale of the two who lived together… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
I felt that if a man's proposals met with approval, it should encourage him; if they met with opposition, it should make him fight back;… — Lu Xun
He didn't want her; he wanted me. Well, you know how it is." Dalgliesh did know. This, after all, was the commonest, the most banal… — P.D. James
One learns to accept the fact that no permanent return is possible to an old form of relationship; and, more deeply still, that there is… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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