“It's not the tragedies that kill us; it's the messes.”

“And killing time is perhaps the essence of comedy, just as the essence of tragedy is killing eternity.”

“But we survived, didn’t we? That makes it an adventure. If you get killed it’s a tragedy.”

“Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.”

“If stupidity got us in this mess, how come it can't get us out.”

“Now I'm standing alone in a crowded room
And we're not speaking.
And I'm dyin' to know:
Is it killing you
Like it's killing me?
Yeah.
I don't know what to say since a twist of fate, when it all broke down
And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now.”

“The seeds of death get lost in the mess that God made us.”

“Actually, it was only part of myself I wanted to kill: the part that wanted to kill herself, that dragged me into the suicide debate and made every window, kitchen implement, and subway station a rehearsal for tragedy.”

“Truly it it not the tragedies that destroy us, but the memories of them.”

“To use tragedy to sow division is the hallmark of a despot.”