“From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent.”
Fiction, The Shunned House (1924)
Source: Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
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In Search of the Miraculous (1949)

“Irony, forsooth! Guard yourself, Engineer, from the sort of irony that thrives up here”
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 5
Context: Irony, forsooth! Guard yourself, Engineer, from the sort of irony that thrives up here; guard yourself altogether from taking on their mental attitude! Where irony is not a direct and classic device of oratory, not for a moment equivocal to a healthy mind, it makes for depravity, it becomes a drawback to civilization, an unclean traffic with the forces of reaction, vice and materialism.

The Education of Henry Adams (1907)

Letter by Mozart, as quoted in a journal entry (12 December 1856) The Journal of Eugene Delacroix as translated by Walter Pach (1937), p. 521. The quote is not found in any authentic letter by Mozart.
“Remember, everything passes, even the most unspeakable horrors”
The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 1: Robert
Context: Again, be patient. And have courage. Remember, everything passes, even the most unspeakable horrors.