#tragedy

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. ↗

— Sholom Aleichem

#comedy #dream #fool #game #life is a

A lot of you cared, just not enough. ↗

— Jay Asher

#suicide #tragedy #reason

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. ↗

— Karl Marx

#first #history #history repeats itself #itself #repeats

Nothing captures human interest more than human tragedy. ↗

— Dan Brown

#humans #tragedy

If you went twenty-four hours without cigarettes, I'd drink a can of pop. Regular pop. The whole can." Isaw the glimmer of Adrian's earlier smile returning. "You would not." "I totally would." "Half a can would put you into a coma." Sonya frowned. "Are you diabetic?" she asked me. "No," said Adrian, "but Sage is convinced one extraneous calorie will make her go from super skinny to just regular skinny. Tragedy." "Hey," I said. "You think it’d be a tragedy to go an hour without a cigarette." "Don’t question my steel resolve, Sage. I went without one for two hours today." "Show me twenty-four, and then I’ll be impressed." He gave me a look of mock surprise. "You mean you aren’t already? And here I thought you were dazzled from the moment you met me. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#sydney-sage #tragedy

When you go through tragedy, you can either let that destroy you and you become bitter and never let it go, or you can let it make you stronger and let it make you grow. And that's what I did. My lyrics are coming from a place that I want people to relate to and feel that they're not alone. ↗

— Evanescence

#evanescence #tragedy

By now it was clear that Howl was in a mood to produce green slime any second. Sophie hurriedly put her sewing away. "I'll make some hot buttered toast," she said. "Is that all you can do in the face of tragedy??" Howl asked. "Make toast! ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#howl #howl-s-moving-castle #sophie #tragedy

Dear God, I hurt. Please hold me. Amen ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#hurting #prayer #richelle #richelle-goodrich #sadness

I thought there had to be something I could do because it seemed crazy that, in addition to the psychological tragedy each woman has to face, came also all the rest. ↗

— Emma Bonino

#also #because #came #could #crazy

The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job. ↗

— Jimmy Carr

#approval #comedians #desperately #disorder #job