I saw the destruction of Dresden. I saw the city before and then came out of an air-raid shelter and saw it afterward, and certainly one response was laughter. God knows, that's the soul seeking some relief.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Affliction is enamoured of thy parts,
And thou art wedded to calamity.
Tag: love true-love shakespeare fate tragedy romeo-and-juliet friar-lawrence
Just knowing you're not alone is often enough to kindle hope amid tragic circumstances.
Richelle E. GoodrichTag: hope tragedy not-alone richelle richelle-goodrich
The cliche that sea dry up and rocks rot away, but the heart never changes is nothing but a beautiful fantasy.
Mo YanToday, a couple with 'just married' tags collided head-on with a hearse carrying two coffins in the back, both of a married couple that had previously
died in a car accident.
Tag: death tragedy curse funeral misfortune coffin couple bad-luck setback twist bad-marriage
It bothered me that whatever was waiting wasn't waiting for me
Jean AnouilhTag: loneliness tragedy antigone
Hysterical optimism will prevail until the world again admits the existence of tragedy, and it cannot admit the existence of tragedy until it again distinguishes between good and evil. . . Hysterical optimism as a sin against knowledge.
Richard M. WeaverTag: optimism tragedy realism depravity
In the end when God does speak, it is not the pious friends who are commended. God tells then they have been guilty of misrepresenting God. Only Job – only angry, defiant, doubting Job has been faithful.
The story of Job reminds us that God is not offended when we question. Indeed, if anything God is offended when we speak too glibly.
Make room in your heart for the angry, defiant and doubting questions. You may find God there as well.
Tag: faith suffering tragedy job doubts
The seed of an urban legend finding fertile soil at the corner of tragedy and imagination.
Thomm QuackenbushTag: imagination tragedy urban-legends urban-legend
It may be that The Great Gatsby is as perfect, word for word, just in terms of English; but Ulysses is deeper, richer, wider – and is comic, whereas The Great Gatsby is a tragic novel. And I think all great art is comic art.
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Tag: art books humour tragedy joyce comedy fitzgerald
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