Tragedy Quotes

1523 Tragedy quotes by 1108 unique authors

Even in the worst tragedies and crisis, there’s no reason to add to everyone’s misery by looking miserable yourself. — Elizabeth Gilbert
Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test... You will be tested by major changes, delayed promises, impossible… — Rick Warren
As for life's tragedies, our love will defeat them. Love is the most effective cure. In the crevices of disasters, happiness lies like a diamond… — Naguib Mahfouz
I wish i could tell you that through the tragedy i mined some undiscovered, life-altering absolute that i could pass on to you.I didn't.The cliches… — Harlan Coben
the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done — John Galsworthy
Does character develop over time? In novels, of course it does: otherwise there wouldn't be much of a story. But in life? I sometimes wonder.… — Julian Barnes
It really seems to me that in the midst of great tragedy, there is always the horrible possibility that something terribly funny will happen. — Philip K. Dick
Poetry is only the highest eloquence of passion, the most vivid form of expression that can be given to our conception of anything, whether pleasurable… — William Hazlitt
How important can it be that I suffer and think? My presence in this world will disturb a few tranquil lives and will unsettle the… — Emile M. Cioran
Doctor MacKenzie says "Sometimes I think the Victorians had the right idea. When you lost a family member back then you were suppose to be… — Mercedes Lackey
The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner. — William Butler Yeats
I'm thinking of how unexpected and yet oddly preordained life can be. Events are upon you in an instant, unforseen and without warning, and often… — Rob Lowe
The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy. — Nicholas Sparks
It's just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.' 'Right, it's primarily his hotness,' I said. 'It can be sort of… — John Green
Tragedy had sent me headlong into reality. All the things I had seen before now looked different, even nature. — Virginia C. Andrews
Is there anyone’s life story you don’t want to know?” “Not really.” His expression was unexpectedly serious. “Because people make a story of their lives.… — Michelle Sagara
It’s easier to be a character in a story than the star of your own tragedy. — Jonathan Maberry
Marla's philosophy of life, she told me, is that she can die at any moment. The tragedy of her life is that she doesn't. — Chuck Palahniuk
Get thee behind me, tragedy. — Anne Rice
It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world. — Susan Cain
There is no tragedy, only the unavoidable. Everything has its reason for being: you only need to distinguish what is temporary from what is lasting. — Paulo Coelho
When the news you don't want to hear is looming before you like Everest, two things can happen. Tragedy can run you through like a… — Jodi Picoult
Disaster is a natural part of my evolution toward tragedy and dissolution. — Chuck Palahniuk
She raised her eyes to his. They had both come from misery, she thought, and survived it. They had been drawn together through violence and… — Nora Roberts
If you are involved with the intensity of crescendo situations, with the intensity of tragedy, you might begin to see the humor of these situations… — Chogyam Trungpa

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