Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies

The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort, who never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature

Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution

Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it-don't cheat with it

Why don't you climb down off the cross, take the wood to build a bridge, and get over it

Age appears to be best in four things, - old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability

One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time