“Death is only a tragedy when life's purpose was left unfulfilled.”
“The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.”
“She had always assumed that she would have years to sort out the meaning of life... As she bent over the child she realized that the tragedy of death had to do entirely with what was left unfulfilled.”
“Only the debris of wreckage, and not much of that, was left behind by the sharks who fed on tragedy: the fishermen, too, mourned the death of a living child.”
“Death is not a tragedy to the one who dies; to have wasted the life before that death, that is the tragedy.”
“As long as he was breathing, God's greatest task for him was not yet finished. His highest purpose in life was still unfulfilled. ... God still had plans for him.”