“ There had to be something new, some fresh angle. As the rain pattered down around him, Kapenda thought. What was the weirdest thing he'd seen since this all started? He'd been in the tiny town of Chew… Simon Kurt Unsworth
“ ...disaster, when it is quite sure of its own strength, will announce itself by hardly moving its lips... Chris Cleave
“ It's certainly true that Chernobyl, while an accident in the sense that no one intentionally set it off, was also the deliberate product of a culture of cronyism, laziness, and a deep-seated indiffere… Svetlana Alexievich
“ It was a great fucking time, the short era of disaster euphoria, for nothing enhances pleasures and blocks guilt like a looming cataclysm. Aleksandar Hemon
“ During times of disaster sorrow brings people together in a spirit of friendship, and influences man to recognize the blessings of becoming his brother's keeper. Napoleon Hill
“ Everyone deserves the chance to survive. I think of this every time I see another disaster. There are probably people dying who don’t have to. James Hubbard
“ Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of feeling safe under someone else's authority. The concept of… Cody Lundin
“ When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of "disaster… Fred Rogers
“ A few years ago the Deists denied the inspiration of the Bible on account of its cruelty. At the same time they worshiped what they were pleased to call the God of Nature. Now we are convinced that Na… Robert G. Ingersoll
“ Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and gives them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolv… Plutarch
“ The Fukushima nuclear complex went on to become the worst man-made engineering disaster in all of human history, outside of war. Steven Magee
“ There she stood, hiding; the mother without child, the voiceless woman full of anger. Her smoked nails hammered her evaporated heart snivelling in the grotty kitchen of disaster. Her face, depleted, c… Laura Gentile
“ I escape disaster by writing a poem with a joke in it:The past, present, and future walk into a bar—it was tense. Kelli Russell Agodon
“ You presume to name those who have no name. We are pandemonium and disaster. We are the dancing, gibbering horror of the world. Brenna Yovanoff
“ Let me leave you with this thought, written by my father before he died. If you incorporate it into your system of values, it will serve as a worthy guide to the management of your sexual energy: Stro… James C. Dobson
“ It does not matter what I believe. The past is done. Hope is irrelevant. We measure success and failure in history with a cost of lives. Penicillin saved people, and the world wars exterminated them.… Caroline Hanson
“ A tornado of thought is unleashed after each new insight. This in turn results in an earthquake of assumptions. These are natural disasters that re-shape the spirit. Vera Nazarian
