Quotes about Tragedy

To endure the cross is not a tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. When it comes, it is not an accident, but a necessity. It is not the sort of suffering which is inseparable from this mortal life, but the suffering which is an essential part of the specifically Christian life. It is not suffering per se but suffering-and-rejection, and not rejection for any cause or conviction of our own, but rejection for the sake of Christ.

There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.

If we could see that everything, even tragedy, is a gift in diguise, we would then find the best way to nourish the soul.

The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.

One of the tragedies of our life is that we keep forgetting who we are

There is nothing as tragic as being alive and not enjoying life... Life should be celebrated!

We must believe this and cling to this in the face of adversity and tragedy, if we are to glorify God by trusting Him.

Like all men with a faculty that surpasses human requirements, his father was very nervous. Then, too, he was sentimental, and, like most sentimental people, he was both cruel and abused. Also, he had much bad luck, and it was not all of it his own. He had died in a trap that he had helped only a little to set, and they had all betrayed him in their various ways before he died. All sentimental people are betrayed so many times. Nick could not write about him yet, although he would, later

You are going to die like a dog for no good reason

The biggest boy was long and dark with Thomas Hudson's neck and shoulders and the long swimmer's legs and big feet. He had a rather Indian face and was a happy boy although in repose his face looked almost tragic.

I said, 'Who killed him?' and he said 'I don't know who killed him, but he's dead all right,' and it was dark and there was water standing in the street and no lights or windows broke and boats all up in the town and trees blown down and everything all blown and I got a skiff and went out and found my boat where I had her inside Mango Key and she was right only she was full of water.

Our faith is anchored to a miscarriage of justice. The worst possible thing happened to the best possible person.