#tragedy

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 Campbell

#death #life #love #tragedy #art

What art thou Faustus, but a man condemned to die? ↗

— Christopher Marlowe

#faustus #tragedy #art

A place where something so terrible had happened shouldn't continue to exist in the world ↗

— Ron Rash

#people #places #tragedy #violence #death

One day can change your life. One day can ruin your life. All life is is three or four big days that change everything. ↗

— Beverly Donofrio

#life-lessons #strength-character #struggle #tragedy #triumph

The cliche that sea dry up and rocks rot away, but the heart never changes is nothing but a beautiful fantasy. ↗

— Mo Yan

#tragedy #beauty

And then I did what I had never done in his presence, much less in his arms. I cried. ↗

— Erich Segal

#tears #tragedy #death

And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more ... ↗

— Banana Yoshimoto

#goodness #kindness #tragedy #friendship

[A]s Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of Greek proportions. ↗

— Maryrose Wood

#greek-tragedy #humor #reading #humor

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 McMorris

#grief #love #mourning #tragedy #war

It wasn't the "I love you" she heard that made her let him go. It was the "Come with me" that she didn't. ↗

— Meghan O'Connor

#heartbreak #relationships #tragedy #love