Modern romance, like Greek tragedy, celebrates the mystery of dismemberment, which is life in time. The happy ending is justly scorned as a misrepresentation; for the world, as we know it, as we have seen it, yields but one ending: death, disintegration, dismemberment, and the crucifixion of our heart with the passing of the forms that we have loved.
Joseph CampbellTag: life art love death tragedy
If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.
Irvin D. YalomTag: perspective tragedy
Crime, violence, infamy are not tragedy. Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to free itself from crime, violence, infamy, even at the cost of life. The struggle is the tragedy - not defeat or death. That is why the spectacle of tragedy has always filled men, not with despair, but with a sense of hope and exaltation.
Whittaker ChambersThere's a problem with marrying up. You always worry that someday they'll see through you and leave. Or, worse yet, someone better will come along and take her. In my case, it wasn't someone. And it wasn't something better.
Richard Paul EvansThe life of every individual, viewed as a whole and in general, and when only its most significant features are emphasized, is really a tragedy; but gone through in detail it has the character of a comedy.
Arthur SchopenhauerWere prayers of murderers, when fighting on the “right side” of the war, ever heard—let alone answered?
Kristina McMorrisTag: inspirational philosophy war tragedy world-war-ii prayers philosophy-religion
It’s odd, isn’t it? People die every day and the world goes on like nothing happened. But when it’s a person you love, you think everyone should stop and take notice. That they ought to cry and light candles and tell you that you’re not alone.
Kristina McMorrisTag: love war death mourning tragedy grief
It’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive.
Patrick RothfussTag: inspirational hope tragedy
A world where a majority had imbibed the lessons implicit within tragic art would be one in which the consequences of our failures would necessarily cease to weigh upon us so heavily.
Alain de BottonTag: acceptance tragedy forgiveness failure judgmentt
My soule, poore soule thou talkes of things/ Thou knowest not what, my soule hath sliver wings,/ That mounts me up unto the highest heavens.
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