A tragedy is a tragedy, and at the bottom, all tragedies are stupid. G…

Stephen King
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A tragedy is a tragedy, and at the bottom, all tragedies are stupid. Give me a choice and I'll take A Midsummer Night's Dream over Hamlet every time. Any fool with steady hands and a working set of lungs can build up a house of cards and then blow it down, but it takes a genius to make people laugh. ✨ Duma Key. Book by Stephen King, January 22, 2008.
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