Quotes by Tragedy I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and their tragedy minor, and as jazzy as they can handle is a seventh chord? Are they not experiencing complex emotions? Joni Mitchell emotiontragedyneeds In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss. Joni Mitchell tragedylosswriting I'm intrigued by the classic Greek tragedies, as well as by the idea of the Greek chorus. Joseph Boyden tragedygreekideas The tapestry of history that seems so full of tragedy when viewed from the front has countless comic scenes woven into its reverse side. In truth, tragedy and comedy are the twin masks of history - its mass appeal. Jose Ortega y Gasset woventragedyhistory Tragedy, as you know, is always a fait accompli, whereas terror always has to do with anticipation, with man's recognition of hisown negative potential--with his sense of what he is capable of. Joseph Brodsky tragedymennegative Life is a tragedy wherein we sit as spectators for a while and then act our part in it. Jonathan Swift tragedylife-islife God has marvelous ways of taking our worst tragedies and turning them into His most glorious triumphs. Joseph Stowell tragedygodway We learn from tragedy. Slowly. Josephine Hart tragedy A thousand people drowned in floods in China are news: a solitary child drowned in a pond is tragedy. Josephine Tey tragedychildrenpeople A tragic writer does not have to believe in God, but he must believe in man. Joseph Wood Krutch tragedymenbelieve Laughter is the evidence that we're still here, the proof that our tragedies will not define us forever. Laughter is the language of the survivor. Josh James laughtertragedyforever I thought, it's a shame that we have to live, but it's a tragedy that we get to live only one life, because if I'd had two lives, I would have spent one of them with her. Jonathan Safran Foer shametragedytwo When one man dies it is a tragedy, when thousands die it's statistics. Joseph Stalin statisticstragedymen A perpetually new and lively world, but a dangerous one, full of tragedy and injustice. Joyce Cary injusticetragedyworld More than any other setting - more than battlefields or boardrooms or a spaceship headed for intergalactic travel - I'll put my money on the family to provide an endless source of comedy, tragedy and intrigue. Joyce Maynard comedysourcetragedy Tragedy is the highest form of art. Joyce Carol Oates formtragedyart A perfect tragedy is the noblest production of human nature. Joseph Addison human-naturetragedyperfect Perhaps the inevitable tragedy of our complex civilization is that we must be specialists in our fields - and our fields have become increasingly difficult, so that communication is nearly impossible. Joyce Carol Oates communicationtragedycivilization Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me. Judith Guest tragedysuccessfulpeople That scent she threw off was not anything by Chanel. Unless they’d recently added a Tragedy line. J.R. Ward scentlinestragedy«2324252627282930313233»
