“It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that I am God's slave, not that of a devil.” LifeDevilSlaveDivinityTragicJoyous Author:Kedar Joshi
“Early on in my life I comprehended that death is the most tragic event in our life. Events of early Monday July 14, 1958 [Coup in Iraq] had convinced me that hate is the most destructive force in our life.” LifeHateForceOur LivesEventsIraqConvincedDestructiveTragicMondayJulyCoupsTragic Events Author:Ala Bashir
“life is a tragic mystery. We are pierced and driven by laws we only half understand, we find that the lesson we learn again and again is that of accepting heroic helplessness.” LifeLawLife IsHalfAcceptingMysteryLessonsDrivenTragicHeroicAgain And AgainHelplessness Book:Measure of My Days Source: Measure of My Days
“It is not possible, for a poet, writing in any language, to protect himself from the tragic elements in human life.... [ellipsis in source] Illness, old age, and death--subjects as ancient as humanity--these are the subjects that the poet must speak of very nearly from the first moment that he begins to speak.” LifeWritingFirstsHumansMomentsAgePoetryHumanitySpeakLanguageSubjectsPoetSourceProtectElementsTragedyAncientIllnessOld AgeHuman LifeTragic Author:Louise Bogan
“There's something tragic in the fate of almost every person--it's just that the tragic is often concealed from a person by the banal surface of life.... A woman will complain of indigestion and not even know that what she means is that her whole life has been shattered.” KnowsLifeMeanPersonsHas BeensWholeFateTragedySurfaceComplainingWhole LifeTragicConcealedShatteredIndigestion Book:Essential Turgenev Source: Essential Turgenev
“Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.” IfsLifeWould BeFunnyScienceTragicFunny Life Author:Stephen Hawking