#tragic

Suddenly exhausted, she closes her eyes and slips into nightmares again. Graveyards rising out of the ocean. Her friends’ corpses in the light of their burning school. Skeletons ripping open men's chests and crawling inside. She endures it patiently, waiting for the horror film to end and the theater to go dark, those precious few hours of blackout that are her only respite. ↗

— Isaac Marion

#dystopia #nightmares #tragic #men

I have lived recklessly, gambled my income away at the horse races, gone whoring, have been more drunk than sober, beaten men to a pulp with my hands, have had a man’s nose cut off for insulting my father and have been indebted to villains more times than I care to say. But, I do not want to live like this anymore. I want a quiet life with a good woman who will care and love me – not for being the Duke of Monmouth, but for me, Jemmy. ↗

— Andrea Zuvich

#historical-romance #tragic-love-story #love

Don’t hide what you have just because people tell you it’s not normal. I have known normal people…and guess what? They are as boring as hell... ↗

— Sidney Knight

#inspiration #inspirational #motivational #psychological #psychological-drama

Out, out brief candle, life is but a walking shadow...a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#inspirational #life #tragic #inspirational

Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#europe #history #long #mostly #terrorism

There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world. ↗

— Nikolai Berdyaev

#burns #clash #pure #tragic #truth

The more painful it is, tragically, the more you do learn, though, that's the good part. ↗

— Sylvia Browne

#learn #more #painful #part #though

When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater and ended up doing a lot of comedy. ↗

— Leslie Easterbrook

#characters #comedy #desire #doing #ended

Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear, Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear. So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows. The measure done, I’ll watch her place of stand, And, touching hers, make blessèd my rude hand. Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#juliet #love-at-first-sight #lovey-dovey #play #retarded

That last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it. ↗

— Laurie Lee

#honour #i #last #out #personal