Quote by Colson Whitehead

“One thing is undeniably clear. We have all had bad experiences, we have all had tragedies in our lives which help to shape who…

— J. Loren Norris

“Everyone has tragedy in their life at one time or another, it’s how they deal with it that defines them.”

— Andrew Peterson

“Tragedy, sadness, loneliness and despair taught me that life is really a beautiful thing; if it wasn't I wouldn't be able to recognize that…

— Greg Evans

“Nothing is so irretrievably lost to a society as the sense of fear it felt about a grave danger that was subsequently coped with.”

— George will

“But great tragedy is universal”

— Salman Rushdie

“What we can see in most societies is the gravity of suffering, tears of sorrow and nightmares of hopelessness.”

— Nilantha Ilangamuwa

“Our minds are a mystery. We all handle tragedy differently.”

— Steena Holmes

“Every misfortune is a blessing in disguise.”

— Laurie Nadel

“Trauma is any terrifying event that instantly changes the world as we know it, leaving us helpless and emotionally overwhelmed.”

— Sue Johnson

“It is probably the hardest thing to understand: how even horror can become commonplace. . . You could stop expecting the most awful thing…

— Jodi Picoult

“My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.”

— Michel de Montaigne

“the worst misfortune isn’t only misfortune”

— Marilynne Robinson