Overcoming Tragedy Gifts

"Yes, we like the Yankees, but today we're all rooting for Boston."

"Hey, you stick your neck out on a regular basis, it's gonna happen. The important thing is to just get up and keep moving forward."

Road sign: 'No Passing Zone... This, too, shall pass.'

Comedy and tragedy masks

'Why, I don't exactly know -- how long HAVE we been here, Bobo?'

"Just when you're about to lose faith in humanity, you see Shakespeare in the Park."

'The classic masks of Comedy and Tragedy, or as they're now known, emoticons.'

Scarpia's Palace

Marriage a la Mode - Death of the Earl.

I have to get the Positive Thinker...

"Cheer up, Simon. . . I'm always here for you!"

"The Lord brings people together for reasons only he knows."

New Orleans Will Come Back Blues.

'Whoops. There goes one of my prostheses.'

Ready for the curves life throws at you.

I Pagliacci

Enrico from Lucia di Lammermoor

"Lately, I've begun to understand - and forgive - my parents."

"First day out of bed?"

The Sunrise of Vaccines

'This isn't working at ALL... maybe I should just forget the marriage counsellor scene!'

A writer writing humour and tragedy at the same time.

"Woohoo, we have have overcome the wave!"

"Of course it's depressing. It's supposed to be depressing. It's a tragedy."

'it wasn't my parents' divorce that traumatized me — it was when my dad had my mom beheaded.'

Stay apart & stay happy

Bravo!

'I have been searching my soul to find the real reason why I ended up here and one answer in particular keeps turning up.'

"This accident will not affect my career as a football pro. Fortunately, I'm left-footed."

"The surgery went well. It had spread, but I'm quite confident we got it all."

Abandon Hope/Resume Hope

'No, son, this is a theater, not the stock exchange.'

"Have you been feeling all right, Ed?"

Who d'you think you are?

Self-made man from the school of Hard Knocks.