Tragedy Quotes

1523 Tragedy quotes by 1108 unique authors

If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic. — Irvin D. Yalom
It’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive. — Patrick Rothfuss
How would I behave in a situation that caused me to summon the essence of my character? The tragedy inspired me to test myself. I… — Aron Ralston
She was trying to say something else; she was trying to say that the inability to articulate what one feels in any satisfactory way is… — Nick Hornby
There are a lot of questions I keep asking myself about why I do comedy. I guess I laugh to keep from crying. And I… — Bob Newhart
Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love of God is… — Elisabeth Elliot
It's like a Venn diagram of tragedy. — Sara Zarr
She wondered if maybe tragedy was what it took to make your heart capable of admitting a new member. — Ann Brashares
One of the tragedies of our life is that we keep forgetting who we are — Henri Nouwen
I couldn’t remember the last time I had stayed up into the squeaky hours of the night because I couldn’t put a book down, and… — Shannon Hale
She had always assumed that she would have years to sort out the meaning of life... As she bent over the child she realized that… — Abraham Verghese
People know your tragedies and they treat you like you’re not human. Like you’re a three-headed goat. A monster from some other planet. They keep… — Eric Jerome Dickey
Great tragedy gives us opportunities for great kindness. — Karen White
Grief lasts longer than sympathy, which is one of the tragedies of the grieving. — Elizabeth McCracken
There were so many layers of reality to the world. Nothing stopped for death; nothing stopped for grief or horror or tragedy. — Rachel Caine
Phury knelt beside him and stroked his face. "I've only ever had you to live for. If you die I have nothing. I'm utterly lost.… — J R Ward
The tragedy of growing old is not that one is old but that one is young. — Oscar Wilde
The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is that life actually goes on. When you're faced with a tragedy, a loss so huge that you… — James Patterson
Disappointments in love, even betrayals and losses, serve the soul at the very moment they seem in life to be tragedies. The soul is partly… — Thomas Moore
Tragedy alters everything. — Diane Setterfield
whether they'll write the story of my life as a tragedy or an epic fantasy... I was wondering if it was going to be a… — Maggie Stiefvater
Tragedy is when someone ends up dead. Everything else is just a bump in the road. For the record, that was something Daddy used to… — Gabrielle Zevin
Good God, what does it matter? If life is a tragedy, or a farce, or a disaster, or anything else, what do I care! Let… — D. H. Lawrence
The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his. — Wes Moore
Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing. — Frida Kahlo

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