#tragedy

If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic. ↗

— Irvin D. Yalom

#tragedy #perspective

Her purse was a weight, ballast; it tethered her to the earth as her mind floated away. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#insanity #parents #tragedy #faith

When God issues a call to us, it is always a holy call. The vocation of dying is a sacred vocation. To understand that is one of the most important lessons a Christian can ever learn. When the summons comes, we can respond in many ways. We can become angry, bitter or terrified. But if we see it as a call from God and not a threat from Satan, we are far more prepared to cope with its difficulties. ↗

— R.C. Sproul

#fear #gospel #providence #tragedy #death

Dark circles under my eyes sink deeper and deeper into my skull, in contrast to my pale skin there is an undeniable resemblance to a fresh corpse. ↗

— Dee Remy

#dying #ego #exhaustion #image #life

David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph. ↗

— Tom Brokaw

#broadcast #could #country #crisis #david

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#comedy #cut #die #fall #finger

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator. Mind you, we've known some lovely female impersonators, in our time. ↗

— Angela Carter

#age #certain #certain age #every #female

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people. ↗

— Angela Carter

#happens #other #people #tragedy

To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the ultimate tragedy. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#believe #give #life #love #ready

I've never had a very closely connected family. My parents split up when I was young and I was living with my mom for a little while, then I was kind of just on my own really young. It wasn't some kind of global tragedy, it was just never really a very close-knit family. So there was support in the sense that they didn't stand in my way. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#connected #family #global #had #i