#tragedies

That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life. ↗

— Amelia Barr

#affections #answer #armies #birth #death

All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible people. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#events #liars #make #own #people

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

— Edward Bond

#greeks #said #their #things #tragedies

What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his? ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#insect #left #our #present #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

We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#answers #assure #citizens #event #flood

I think he was explicit that it was a slave labor situation, but I was not alarmed at that point, because there were so many tragedies involved in that war. That was the first time I had any indication that something was sort of strange. ↗

— Charles Guggenheim

#any #because #explicit #first #first time

Being able to sing all these years has helped me handle life's tragedies. ↗

— Patti Page

#being #handle #helped #life #me

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

I don't doubt that God can bring good out of tragedies, but the Bible is clear that God is not the author of evil! ↗

— Tony Campolo

#bible #bring #clear #doubt #evil