#tragedi

Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#deeper #denial #even #extensive #falsely

The Greeks said very, very extreme things in their tragedies. ↗

— Edward Bond

#greeks #said #their #things #tragedies

At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#becomes #certain #certain age #commonplace #death

The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions. ↗

— Paul Klee

#compositions #expression #forms #further #life

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#desire #get #heart #life #other

In a world full of commonplace tragedies, only one thing exists that truly has the power to save lives, and that is love. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#compassion #healing #hope #kindness #love

Browning's tragedies are tragedies without villains. ↗

— Edward Dowden

#tragedies #villains #without

It may help us, in those times of trouble, to remember that love is not only about relationship, it is also an affair of the soul. ↗

— Thomas Moore

#soul #tragedies #life

Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don't have the wit to deal with the problems of life. ↗

— Joan Lowery Nixon

#life #luck #problems #superstitious #tragedies