Face fear Quote by Mak_786

“The suspense: the fearful, acute suspense: of standing idly by while the life of one we dearly love, is trembling in the balance; the…

— Charles Dickens

This is a dark time, filled with suffering and uncertainty. Like living cells in a larger body, it is natural that we feel the…

— Joanna Macy

“As a species, tragedy dwells within us all. We push it to the back of our thoughts, but it is never so far gone…

— Logan Kain

“The secret of survival is a defective imagination. The inability of mortals to imagine things as they truly are is what allows them to…

— John Banville

Tragedy is the greatest art form of all. It gives us the courage to continue with our life by exposing us to the pain…

— Howard Barker

“In looking back now, I see how it began in my childhood, altho’ I was not conscious of the necessity until ’67 or ’68…

— Alice James

“All the suffering and torment wrought at places of execution, in torture chambers, madhouses, operating theatres, under the arches of bridges in late autumn—all…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“real tragedy is never a straightforward confrontation between Good and Evil, but is, rather, much more exquisitely and much more agonizingly, a conflict between…

— Daniel Mendelsohn

Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep inexpressible certitude…

— Thomas Merton

Do not be reactive and vengeful and if you look deeply into your anguish, you will see that it is the anguish of our…

— Deepak Chopra

The suffering of a soul that can suffer greatly -- that and only that, is tragedy.

— Edith Hamilton

There is yet a silent agony in which the mind appears to disdain all external help, and broods over its distresses with gloomy reserve.…

— Oliver Goldsmith