A Quote by Derek Mahon
At the heart of the ridiculous, the sublime
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The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.
There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
The sublime is only a step removed from the ridiculous.
Tottenham ice their sublime cake with the ridiculous.
Only by chancing the ridiculous, can I hope for the sublime.
In a world of travail and cheap wine the ridiculous becomes sublime
All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.
Space doesn't just encompass the sublime and the ridiculous. It erases the line between.
When authors and critics talk of the sublime, they see not how nearly it borders on the ridiculous.
For me, the cooking life has been a long love affair, with moments both sublime and ridiculous.
What interests me in [Lincoln in the Bardo] is a slight perverse balance between the sublime and the grotesque. Like you could have landed only on the sublime. But my argument is that the sublime couldn't exist without this other half.
Even the most sublime ideas sound ridiculous if heard too often. Be the change that you want to see in the world.
Aunt Jane observed, the second time She tumbled off a bus, 'The step is short from the Sublime To the Ridiculous.
I keep thinking of Robert Stone making the distinction between the word sublime and the word beautiful. He described being in a battle as sublime. Because even though people were dying, it was such a huge sensory experience that it became sublime.
Year in and year out, under the guise of the Ridiculous, we attempt the Sublime.
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