Quotes by Tragedy What to us may seem like a tragedy when it happens eventually can form itself into a gift. Suzanne Giesemann formtragedymay Modern discussions of the possibility of tragedy are not exercises in literary analysis; they are exercises in cultural diagnostics, more or less disguised. Susan Sontag analysistragedyexercise Tragedy is a vision of nihilism, a heroic or ennobling vision of nihilism. Susan Sontag visiontragedynihilism It seems, in tragedy, that innocence is not enough. T. H. White innocencetragedyenough One of my da's tragedies was always the fact that he was bright enough to understand just how comprehensively he had shat all over his life. Tana French tragedyenoughfacts Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns. Tara Brach tragedydreamyears Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly, at least for my taste, into a young woman who stitches bleeding wounds and knows our mother can hear only so much. Suzanne Collins stitchestragedymother Tragedies are always discussed as if they took place in a void, but actually each tragedy is conditioned by its setting, local and global. The events of 11 September 2001 are not exception. Tariq Ali voideventstragedy I think the big tragedy of the Cuban Revolution was that it became dependent on the Soviet Union, and it became dependent on the Soviet Union under a very reactionary bureaucratic regime led by Leonid Brezhnev. Tariq Ali unionstragedythinking Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million. Ted Turner machinestragedybusiness I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experiences and plights and tragedies, that I am affected by it and learn from it. Terry McMillan tragedypeoplethinking And I'm dying to know, is it killing you like it's killing me? And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now. Taylor Swift heartbreakdyingtragedy Life is made for the strong. There is no mercy in it for the weak– none...Such is the tragedy of desire. Theodore Dreiser strongtragedydesire Born to an age where horror has become commonplace, where tragedy has, by its monotonous repetition, become a parody of sorrow, we need to fence off a few parks where humans try to be fair, where skill has some hope of reward, where absurdity has a harder time than usual getting a ticket. Thomas Boswell sorrowskillstragedy The best lesson which we get from the tragedy of Karbala is that Husain and his companions were rigid believers in God. They illustrated that the numerical superiority does not count when it comes to the truth and the falsehood. The victory of Husain, despite his minority, marvels me! Thomas Carlyle victorytragedyintellectual Death is always, under all circumstances, a tragedy, for if it is not then it means that life has become one. Theodore Roosevelt tragedymeandeath The extermination of the buffalo has been a veritable tragedy of the animal world. Theodore Roosevelt tragedyanimalworld The tragedy is not to die, but to be wasted. Thomas Harris diestragedy Then haste we down to meet thy friends and foes; Thomas Kyd hastetragedyease Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil, but by people being fundamentally people. Terry Pratchett tragedyevilpeople«4445464748495051525354»
