If you have ever been in a real tragic or sad situation, the words that come out are hopelessly inadequate and kind of cliched.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For every story you hear that's tragic, there's another that's equally tragic or more so. I think you come to look at it as part of life.
The cliche is dead poetry.
You need cliches. Cliches are what people respond to.
There are times when I'm really happy and I write something really sad, and vice versa.
Cliches are cliches because they are true.
If falling into desperation worked to make things better, then I would say, 'Let's all jump into despair.' But it doesn't help. The only way to truly find meaning and fulfillment is to look at the disaster, the pain, the difficulty, and know with complete certainty that good can come from this.
If you want to use a cliche you must take full responsibility for it yourself and not try to fob it off on anon., or on society.
Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens.
The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.
It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.
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