Chance Quote by Etty Hillesum

We love disasters that have nothing to do with us

— Mark Doty

War is not one disaster of milions of people. War is milions of disasters of one person.

— Hans Van Mierlo

My understanding is that we are generally a very philanthropic and compassionate people - that when there are disasters in the world, individual citizens…

— Mark Rylance

There is something in us that loves certain disasters and the fever of this moment and surrendering to that.

— Barbara Kingsolver

History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. To keep the peace, we and our allies must be…

— Ronald Reagan

“No, we love war. War. Starvation. Plague. They fast-track us to enlightenment. “It's the mark of a very, very young soul,” Mr. Whittier used…

— Chuck Palahniuk

What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us…

— Robert E. Lee

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much…

— H. L. Mencken

In the midst of economic recovery and global upheaval, disasters like this remind us of the common humanity that we share.

— Barack Obama

Never think that wars are irrational catastrophes: they happen when wrong ways of thinking and living bring about intolerable situations ... the root causes…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

We have a real role in how our own collective lives, our nation, and our world and society turn out. Seizing those opportunities is…

— Rebecca Solnit

For you see, the face of destiny or luck or god that gives us war also gives us other kinds of pain: the loss…

— Le Ly Hayslip