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.'

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

Comedy and tragedy masks

"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...

New Orleans Will Come Back Blues.

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

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

'Whoops. There goes one of my prostheses.'

"My name is Jose Hernandez, and my story begins when my parents moved from Mexico to the United States to work the fields. I would find my own special calling."

Ready for the curves life throws at you.

I Pagliacci

Enrico from Lucia di Lammermoor

"First day out of bed?"

The Sunrise of Vaccines

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

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

"Woohoo, we have have overcome the wave!"

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

A writer writing humour and tragedy at the same time.

Bravo!

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

Stay apart & stay happy

"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.'

"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?