Attach Quote by Nathaniel Philbrick

Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster.

— Jim Wallis

“Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope,…

— Matthew Quick

We love disasters that have nothing to do with us

— Mark Doty

Disaster is a natural part of my evolution toward tragedy and dissolution.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I do not think that tragedy is our natural fate and I do not live in chronic dread of disaster. It is no happiness,…

— Ayn Rand

There is no tragedy, only the unavoidable. Everything has its reason for being: you only need to distinguish what is temporary from what is…

— Paulo Coelho

The calamities of tragedy do not simply happen, nor are they sent; they proceed mainly from actions, and those the actions of men.We see…

— A. C. Bradley

I think a tragedy is something where the natural order of things is completely interrupted and doesn't right itself.

— Patrick Marber

Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when…

— Aristotle

“The calamities we experience here are only temporary phenomena. Each disaster reminds us that a disaster-free eternity”

— David Jeremiah

“These days, we tend to think of disasters as acts of God and government. Regular people only feature into the equation as victims, which…

— Amanda Ripley

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