Quote by Charles Brandt

“It is not always the events that touch us personally that affect us the most.”

— François Mauriac

“It is not always events that have touched us personally that affect us the most.”

— Elie Wiesel

“You see, events occur throughout our lives that forever alter us, and it is how we react to those circumstances that define who we…

— Day Parker

“There are parallel universes in which different events have happened to the same people. An alternate choice has been made, or an accident has…

— Anonymous

“One person, one single event can alter the course of so many lives. We are all connected on a long thread; even people we…

— Juliet Valcourt

“our version of the same event is also likely to be a reflection upon our own situation and suffering rather than a dispassionate and…

— Karen Armstrong

“If only one thing had happened differently—but life, being what it is—a series of intersecting lives and incidents, out of anyone's control.”

— Eric Roth

“Obviously the choices of other people affect our lives, but we are the primary creators of our experience.”

— Shepherd Hoodwin

“Someone had once told him that the past, more than DNA or fingerprints, was what made each human being unique.”

— Amanda Stevens

“...discovering you are not identical with yourself even in the most disturbing and painful way still contains the glimmer, however refracted, of the world…

— Ben Lerner

“Everyone’s life shapes them in their own unique way.”

— Sarah Dessen

“There are things in life that happen that change who we are, things that are hard to come back from, and in the end…

— Jessica Sorensen