In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.

Quote by Christopher Fry

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I want to look at life - at the commonplaces of existence - as if...

I want to look at life - at the commonplaces of existence - as if...

What after all, is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean.

What after all, is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean.

The lines marking a penalty area are a disgrace to the playing fields of a...

The lines marking a penalty area are a disgrace to the playing fields of a...

In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as...

In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as...

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Has made an honest woman of the supernatural.

Has made an honest woman of the supernatural.

Coffee in England is just toasted milk.

Coffee in England is just toasted milk.

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as...

In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as...

The dark is light enough.

The dark is light enough.

Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in...

Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in...

Imagination is the wide-open eye which leads us always to see truth more vividly.

Imagination is the wide-open eye which leads us always to see truth more vividly.

The best thing we can do is to make wherever we're lost in look as...

The best thing we can do is to make wherever we're lost in look as...

Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a moth brushes a window...

Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a moth brushes a window...

In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.

In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.

I am so busy doing nothing... that the idea of doing anything - which as...

I am so busy doing nothing... that the idea of doing anything - which as...

And to answer the question that people have about this conspiracy theory that he has...

And to answer the question that people have about this conspiracy theory that he has...

We're more effective than birth control pills.

We're more effective than birth control pills.

When Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. The right-wing media is...

When Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. The right-wing media is...

Going to the bathroom is not a spectator sport.

Going to the bathroom is not a spectator sport.

Lives in eternity's sun rise.

Lives in eternity's sun rise.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...