Surviving Tragedies Quotes & Sayings

Happy Endings are an illusion. Real life is filled with brief moments of fleeting happiness, but ultimately every life is a tragedy that ends in death and grief. — Oliver Gaspirtz

Then the pints will get further apart, and then one of us will get into a relationship and won't be around as much; the texts will start with Hey, too long no see, and all of a sudden we'll realize it's been a year since we met up. And — Tana French

To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws. — J.J. Abrams

Americans would have a right to go to war with the Iraqis if we could name one author from Iraq. It disturbs me that we're going to war with somebody we know absolutely nothing about. Name one Iraqi poet, one Iraqi woman activist, one Iraqi singer. Name one Iraqi novelist. You can't. And how can you go kill someone you don't know anything about? — Jimmy Santiago Baca

The French have a term for this brazenness: je m'en foutisme, the brave art of not giving a damn. — Mark Matousek

One doesn't read Jane Austen; one re-reads Jane Austen. — William F. Buckley Jr.

The grief you cry out from
draws you toward union.
Your pure sadness
that wants help
is the secret cup. — Rumi

For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success. — Graham Greene

When you play for ticket-holders, you are already validated. I have no sense that I need to be accepted. I'm already accepted. — Joshua Bell

Don't talk yourself into falling in love with someone. Either, you are in love or you are not. True love is not a choice. It is something you know in your heart when all guilt, doubt and fear are removed. — Shannon L. Alder

But I think the - what the tea party movement demonstrates, and I think the, the, the enthusiasm that we're seeing from independents and Republicans, is that if Washington isn't going to change itself, then we're going to change Washington. And I think that's what we're seeing. — John Cornyn

Music has given me a career. But even if it doesn't become yours it teaches you confidence and allows you to express your creativity. — Jewel

A poet! I should have known you for a poet by how your body moved. — Patrick Rothfuss

Virginity is not honored simply because it is virginity, but because it is consecrated of God. — Saint Augustine

In addition to innocence, we have to have knowledge of good and evil. — Frederick Lenz