Tragedy Quotes

1523 Tragedy quotes by 1108 unique authors

The tragedy is not to die, but to be wasted. — Thomas Harris
Perhaps I am a man of exceptional moods. I do not know how far my experience is common. At times I suffer from the strangest… — H.G. Wells
Tragedy depends on the way you see it. If you chose to be a victim of the world, anything which happens to you will feed… — Paulo Coelho
In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb. — Dennis Lehane
But because human being tend to focus on short-term benefits and our own immediate needs, such tragedies of the commons occur frequently . — Dan Ariely
That is the inescapable math of tragedy and the multiplication of grief. Too many good people die a little when they lose someone they love.… — Ben Sherwood
And those who only know the non-platonic love have no need to talk of tragedy. In such love there can be no sort of tragedy. — Leo Tolstoy
She had that thing most people don't have - curiosity. She might not have always got the right answers, but she wanted to ask the… — Zadie Smith
The thing is to be happy,' he said. 'No matter what. Just try that. You can. It gets to be easier and easier. It's nothing… — Alice Munro
We are what we imagine. Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves. Our best destiny is to imagine, at least, completely, who and… — N. Scott Momaday
I have realized that the moon did not have to be full for us to love it. That we are not tragedies stranded here beneath… — Buddy Wakefield
The greatest tragedy that can befall a man is never to know who he really is. — James Carlos Blake
Our tragedy is that we forget it might be someone else first. — Holly Black
Humans invent an imaginary lover and put that mask over the face of the body in their bed. That is the tragedy of language my… — Orson Scott Card
That is why most great love stories are tragedies. — Agatha Christie
It is often tragic to see how blatantly a man bungles his own life and the lives of others yet remains totally incapable of seeing… — Carl Jung
The tragedy of life, Howard, is not that the beautiful die young, but that they grow old and mean. It will not happen to me. — Raymond Chandler
It is one of the major tragedies that nothing is more discomforting than the hearty affection of the Old Friends who never were friends. — Sinclair Lewis
I was so tired of her getting upset for no reason. The way she would get sulky and make references to the freaking oppressive nature… — John Green
Some people simply bury their heads in the sand and refuse to think about the sorrow of the world, but this is an unwise course,… — Karen Armstrong
In tragedy and despair, when an endless night seems to have fallen, hope can be found in the realization taht the companion of night is… — Dean Koontz
One of the greatest tragedies in life is to watch potential die untapped. — Myles Munroe
Tragedy was a big social event, and everyone wanted in on it. — Ruta Sepetys
You know that feeling,” she said, “when you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can… — Cassandra Clare
The peace we are offered is not a peace that is free from tragedy, illness, bankruptcy, divorce, depression, or heartache. It is peace rooted in… — Rob Bell

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