Writing-craft Quote by Horace Walpole

“But I guess it never is what you worry over that comes to pass in the end. The real catastrophes are always different -…

— Karen Thompson Walker

“About the only thing we can imagine is catastrophe.”

— David Graeber

“There are always words. An endless line, and progression of tiny moments leading to the earth shattering end.”

— Dawn Cano

“Still, perhaps that's all lives are, all the world is, a collision of vast conflagrations, each sparked from nothing.”

— Mark Lawrence

“Catastrophes have a somber way of arranging things.”

— Victor Hugo

“I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe.”

— Tahereh Mafi

“Our disaster personalities are more complex and ancient than we think. But they are also more mal­leable.”

— Amanda Ripley

“Humanity as a whole, particularly in large amounts and in confined areas, overwhelms me.”

— Karissa Laurel

“Not every minor inconvenience leads to a major catastrophe.”

— Lynn C. Tolson

“So many mistakes. So many errors. So much tragedy as a result. In that moment I understood that the cruelest words in the universe…

— Lisa See

“SOMETIMES, WHEN SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS HAPPENING, I TRY MY DAMNEDEST TO CONCENTRATE ON THE MOST INCONSEQUENTIAL, UNRELATED DETAIL READILY AVAILABLE TO ME. A DETAIL…

— Kim Holden

“I’ve suffered a great many catastrophes in my life. Most of them never happened.”

— Mark Twain