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title: "6 Disasters Happen Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [My mind shrank from the menace sweeping down on us, as children's do from belief in death and misfortune, vainly clinging to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-pankhurst/my-mind-shrank-from-the-menace-sweeping-down-on-us-as-children-s-do/)

[Sylvia Pankhurst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-pankhurst/)

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> [Disasters happen. We still have no way to eliminate earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, floods or droughts. We cope as best we can by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-shostak/disasters-happen-we-still-have-no-way-to-eliminate-earthquakes/)

[Seth Shostak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-shostak/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/seth-shostak-2047_afterwards_disasters-happen-we-still-have-no-way-to_843555.png)

> [Manhattan is an accumulation of possible disasters that never happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/manhattan-is-an-accumulation-of-possible-disasters-that-never-happen/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/202/anonymous-1_accumulation_manhattan-is-an-accumulation-of-possible_1112158.jpg)

> [There are disasters that happen - Hurricane Harvey came up, and you had people self-organizing through the community and getting in boats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-zuckerberg/there-are-disasters-that-happen-hurricane-harvey-came-up-and-you-had/)

[Mark Zuckerberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-zuckerberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/mark-zuckerberg-858_community_there-are-disasters-that-happen-hurrican_1137429.jpg)

> [Disasters happen. Nature refuses to cooperate with the best-laid plans of kings and lesser men alike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/disasters-happen-nature-refuses-to-cooperate-with-the-best-laid-plans/)

[Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db9/rick-wilson-6432_alike_disasters-happen-nature-refuses-to-coope_2551360.jpg)

> [There's a resistance for people to talk about things that make them feel guilty. When natural disasters happen, it's easier not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-mosley/there-s-a-resistance-for-people-to-talk-about-things-that-make-them/)

[Walter Mosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-mosley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/walter-mosley-2810_disaster_there-s-a-resistance-for-people-to-talk_2581415.png)

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