Tragedy Quotes - Page 3

And then I did what I had never done in his presence, much less in his arms. I cried.

It’s odd, isn’t it? People die every day and the world goes on like nothing happened. But when it’s a person you love, you think everyone should stop and take notice. That they ought to cry and light candles and tell you that you’re not alone.

A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.

No popularity exists when tragedy strikes. All that's left are human hearts and love and ache. We all love each other, deep down, and when we see another soul in pain we can't help but hurt too.

A flower bloomed already wilting. Beginning its life with an early ending.

Dark circles under my eyes sink deeper and deeper into my skull, in contrast to my pale skin there is an undeniable resemblance to a fresh corpse.

She nailed it to the wall with her well-aimed dart, like a butterfly with no will whose sentence has always been written.

The ferocity of Santiago Nasar's fate, which had collected twenty years of happiness from him not only with his death but also with the dismemberment of his body and its dispersion and extermination.

Only the debris of wreckage, and not much of that, was left behind by the sharks who fed on tragedy: the fishermen, too, mourned the death of a living child.

Not every loss was confirmed by an officer at the door. Nor a telegram with the power to sink a fleet. Loss, often the worst kind, also arrived through the deafening quiet of an absence.

In the center lay the exploded carcass of a lonely sperm whale that hadn't lived long enough to be disappointed with its lot.

A place where something so terrible had happened shouldn't continue to exist in the world

We may be helpless to stop bad things from happening, but perhaps God leaves us signs and road maps to help us recover and reconnect, provided we know where to look.

What you think to be a tragedy id God’s opportunity to show Himself faithful.

It’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive.

This world’s anguish is no different
from the love we insist on holding back.

In a world plagued with commonplace tragedies, only one thing exists that truly has the power to save lives, and that is love.

I may not always like at times, but life is a beautiful blend of joy, tragedy and dreams. If not for one, I could not have the other.

Being crazy, for the rest of us, is a form of sanity.

...you're either gonna spend your life fucking pussy, or taking it to church.