“It really seems to me that in the midst of great tragedy, there is always the horrible possibility that something terribly funny will happen.”

— Philip K. Dick

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American author 1928–1982

Wendelin Van Draanen (1965) American writer

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“Always something new, always something I didn't expect, and sometimes it isn't horrible.”

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“Tragedy ought really to be a great kick at misery.”

D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930) English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter

Letter to A W McLeod (6 October 1912)

“The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies.”

Alexis De Tocqueville book Democracy in America

Book One, Chapter XXI.
Democracy in America, Volume II (1840), Book One

“If something seems possible, that's probably because someone is already doing it. When something seems that it can't possibly work, nobody tries it. Real innovation happens when someone tries anyway, overlooking an obvious flaw, and finds a way to make an idea work.”

Joel Spolsky (1965) American blogger

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