Certain Quote by Rebecca West

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the…

— Oliver Goldsmith

To simplify things down to their real essence, whenever things go wrong in our lives, whenever our plans go awry and the things we…

— Tony Clark

“Those who make their living flirting with catastrophe develop a faculty of pessimistic imagination, of anticipating the worst, that is often all but indistinguishable…

— Michael Chabon

Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when…

— Aristotle

It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us.…

— Seneca the Younger

“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

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.

— Anonymous

There is a misconception of tragedy with which I have been struck in review after review, and in many conversations with writers and readers…

— Arthur Miller

“in adversity they know not where to turn, but beg and pray for counsel from every passer-by. No plan is then too futile, too…

— Christopher Hitchens

When something tragic has happened, you'll find that you, the tragicee, become the person that has to make everything comfortable for everyone else.... As…

— Cecelia Ahern

“Despair is a form of certainty, certainty that the future will be a lot like the present or will decline from it; despair is…

— Rebecca Solnit

It is a consolation or a misfortune that the wrong kind of people are too often correct in their prognostications of the future; the…

— Robbie Ross