Quotes Tagged With :melodrama

The history of hysteria is a history of the relation between the colonizing father and the colonized....

Exaggeration is the melodramatic child of truth.

You said just now, "Don't be so ashamed of yourself, because that's the root of your trouble"––with....

We seem to be unable to resist overstating every aspect of ourselves: how long we are on the planet for,....

Tragedy and comedy involve an audience, so they must give--sharing themselves to elicit tears and laughter.....

German is a much more precise language than English. Americans throw the word love around for everything:....

He called me his 'dream.' I guess now I've become his nightmare.

Melodramas of moral courage provide satisfaction through the comforting fantasy that our own character....

Well, hope for your thrilling career - but remember that if there is to be drama in your life somebody....

Honestly, I'd rather be anywhere else. Even home, where my dad begins almost every conversation with,....