Quote by Guy de Maupassant

“What, on a lower level, had led to the wildest conflicts and to panicky outbursts of emotion, now looks like a storm in the…

— C.G. Jung

“The city had the air and movement of hysteria, and the citizens were crying, in every accent of anger and alarm, that the new…

— Henry Adams

“Then, with the barricades complete, the posts assigned, the muskets loaded, the lookouts placed, alone in these fearful streets in which there were now…

— Victor Hugo

“The earthquakes in people's heads, half the city's population was cracked, a rabble of doom-merchants, psychos, ghouls. They could smell a funeral a mile…

— Rupert Thomson

“How strange it (the earthquake) must all have seemed to them, here where they lived so safely always! They thought such a dreadful thing…

— William Dean Howells

“Great moments are full of naked vulnerability, words merely reflect a primal or instinctual footprints that leaves trails of dust for those brave enough…

— Val Uchendu

“Epochs later, the curtains grew dusty and brittle, the deep, vicious colour of a bruise. The floorboards creaked and we were civilized. We were…

— Brenna Yovanoff

“As there was no further precaution possible I enjoyed the extraordinary magnificence of the storm with a free mind . . . and all…

— Georgina Howell

“They reminded me of the people of my village, their indomitable spirit in the face of disaster, their unshakable belief that no matter what…

— Lian Hearn

“In our town—our town of shadows, our town of mystery—it seems our buildings have, without reason, begun to disappear completely. Still full of their…

— Joe Meno

“It was a cruel city, but it was a lovely one; a savage city, yet it had such tenderness; a bitter, harsh, and violent…

— Thomas Wolfe

“But while the residents were shocked by the violence, they were also often surprised by the mundaneness of it all. Discovered the extent of…

— Kiran Desai