If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.
My story follows a very classic tragic paradigm in which you learn things too late for them to be of any use, and by keeping silent about the thing that you're terrified of, you bring it about - and even worse.
Open your mind to new experiences, particularly to the study of other people. Nothing that happens to a writer – however happy, however tragic – is ever wasted.
It's tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, 'Oh, look, another quirky girl. '
For a truly religious man nothing is tragic.
The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
No one in France cares if you tried to kill yourself. In fact, I think they like you better because you're all tragic.
We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.
Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.
Sylvia Plath. Interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college-girl mentality.
If you believe that all men are created equal, then a child's death in some other country is no less tragic than in the United States.
Judas is a reflection of anyone who ends up rejecting Jesus. It's a tragic story?not something to shake your finger at, but something to be sad about.
I suppose reggae has always been a hopeful way to protest, and just because the world's tragic doesn't mean it's not beautiful.
I have a new theory of history, which is certain things happen because they seem like a good idea at the time. And suburbia seemed like a good idea at the time, but it was a special time and place in history, with special dynamics. And now, we're going to have to live with the consequences of that. And the consequences will be tragic.
What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another person, especially if he has had between four and seven beers.
There's nothing tragic about being fifty. Not unless you're trying to be twenty-five.
A little artist has all the tragic unhappiness and the sorrows of a great artist and he is not a great artist.
Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government.
God has paid us the intolerable compliment of loving us, in the deepest, most tragic, most inexorable sense.
I bet he never goes on YouTube. He's too busy. It's only tragic cases like you and me who are always online.