“The difference between tragedy and comedy is the difference between experience and intuition. In the experience we strive against every condition of our animal life: against death, against the frustration of ambition, against the instability of human love. In the intuition we trust the arduous eccentricities we're born to, and see the oddness of a creature who has never got acclimatized to being created.” HumansBornDifferencesAnimalComedyConditionsCreaturesAmbitionTragedyStriveIntuitionFrustrationInstabilityEccentricityHuman LoveAnimal LifeTragedy And ComedyOddness Author:Christopher Fry
“The first of our senses which we should take care never to let rust through disuse is that sixth sense, the imagination. I mean the wide-open eye which leads us to see truth more vividly, to apprehend more broadly, to concern ourselves more deeply, to be, all our life long, sensitive and awake to the powers and responsibilities given to us as human beings.” LifeShouldFirstsHumansMeanLongEyeTruthCareGivenImaginationHuman BeingsResponsibilityOur LivesConcernTake CareWideSensesSensitiveAwakeLong LifeRustSixth SenseOpen EyesPower And Responsibility Author:Christopher Fry
“Life itself is the real and most miraculous miracle of all. If one had never before seen a human hand and were suddenly presented for the first time with this strange and wonderful thing, what a miracle, what a magnificently shocking and inexplicable and mysterious thing it would be.” IfsFirstsHumansRealHandsWould BeWonderfulStrangeFirst TimeMiracleMysteriousShockingWonderful ThingsMiraculousHuman BodyInexplicableHuman HandsMysterious Things Author:Christopher Fry