Always Quote by Timothy D. Snyder

We don't understand each other. That's why there are so many bad things happening; a lot of it has to do with not understanding.

— Jeppe Hein

Narratively speaking, innocent misunderstandings are disappointing. Arbitrary events are also disappointing. The stories that really grab our attention involve not accidents but people doing…

— Celeste Ng

There's a ritualistic element to tragedy that everyone shares; there's something curiously glorious in terms of the most horrible kind of events that happen.

— Derek Walcott

“The worst events always have the thrust of accidents, as if they come out of nowhere. But that's just lack of perspective.”

— Paula McLain

The tragedy is not so much the experience that you're having. The tragedy is that we don't take the time to understand the meaning…

— Robin Roberts

“With things like this, when people don't really understand what has happened, they'll assume the worst long before they have to. It's a little…

— Craig Silvey

I don't have to experience tragedy to understand it.

— Dan Quayle

They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

— Anonymous

. . .only the victims and survivors can truly comprehend the awfulness of that time and place; the rest of us live on the…

— John Boyne

People often say that a bad event is a 'blessing in disguise.' Trust me, experience will teach you that some are unbelievably well disguised.…

— Tom Freston

I suppose terrible things happen in the world all the time and some of them we feel a particular connection to and some of…

— Jesse Armstrong

So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason - to find some shred of meaning even in the…

— Christina Baker Kline