Courage Quote by William Manchester

“confronted with sudden disaster we all focus on how unremarkable the circumstances were in which the unthinkable occurred, the clear blue sky from which…

— Joan Didion

“There was such a rush about me: wing, and tangled spray, and colors upon colors and shades of colors that were not colors at…

— Theodore Sturgeon

“One misstep was all it took, and it all came crashing down. And they were right there waiting for it—eager and ready to bury…

— Bianca Scardoni

“I was thinking about the rubbish, the flapping plastic in the branches, the shore-line of odd stuff caught along the fencing, and I half…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

“But before I could get hold of my thoughts, another loud explosion tore through the air, crackling like a beast, our screams becoming lost…

— Carlyle Labuschagne

“Looking back, I wonder if mom saw it in my eyes: the storm clouds gathering, the dry crackle of electricity in the air. But…

— Melody Grace

“We had seen too many horrors already, and we could see and hear more explosions all around us as the war continued, very close…

— Alfred Nestor

We just sat there and watched the plane pass the island, and it never came back," he said. "I could see it on the…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“The landings were dirty and the walls were bare. This stairway brought me into the balcony, and I sat there in the dark, thinking…

— John Cheever

“Suddenly, there was an enormous flash of light, the brightest light I have ever seen or that I think anyone has ever seen. It…

— Isidor Isaac Rabi

“There was silence. Then as if to refresh the power of destruction, the wind rose and the waves rose and through the house there…

— Virginia Woolf

“I could no longer picture Rosalind in my mind's eye; the tender vision of the girl in white had been blown to pieces as…

— Tana French