#disaster

The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain. ↗

— Colin Wilson

#average #average man #conformist #cow #disasters

Dad was on the porch, pacing back and forth in that uneven stride he had on account of having a gimp leg. When he saw, he let out a yelp of delight and started hobbling down the steps towards us. Mom came running out of the house. She sank down on her knees, clasped her hands in front of her, and started praying up to the heavens, thanking the Lord for delivering her children from the flood. It was she who had saved us, she declared, by staying up all night praying. "You get down on your knees and thank your guardian angel," she said. "And thank me, too." Helen and Buster got down and started praying with Mom, but I just stood there looking at them. The way I saw it. I was the one who'd saved us all, not Mom and not some guardian angel. No one was up in that cottonwood tree except the three of us. Dad came alongside me and put his arms around my shoulders. "There weren't no guardian angel, Dad," I said. I started explaining how I'd gotten us to the cottonwood tree in time, figuring out how to switch places when our arms got tired and keeping Buster and Helen awake through the long night by quizzing them. Dad squeezed my shoulder. "Well, darling," he said, "maybe the angel was you. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#children #flash-flood #guardian-angel #love #mother

The '90s were a bit of a disaster for me in so many ways. On a personal level, I don't think I could have toured. Also, I had some physical problems with my back that are now sorted and I just wasn't in the right state of mind. ↗

— George Michael

#back #bit #could #disaster #had

The conduct of President Bush's war of choice has been plagued with incompetent civilian leadership decisions that have cost many lives and rendered the war on and occupation of Iraq a strategic policy disaster for the United States. ↗

— John Olver

#bush #choice #civilian #conduct #cost

There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster. ↗

— Bill Parcells

#euphoria #new #new york #things #two

The minute you think you've got it made, disaster is just around the corner. ↗

— Joe Paterno

#corner #disaster #got #just #made

The timing was terrible, and having one disaster after another didn't help. I think the pictures on television of the way in which the disaster was handled also helped to turn off the public and Congress. ↗

— Billy Tauzin

#also #another #congress #disaster #handled

Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#art #disaster #fiction #films #oldest

Well, hell yeah! I’m gonna kick your ass, too!” I narrowed my eyes at him. “Not this time you’re not. I have a new superpower.” He laughed. “And what’s that? Harsh language?” I leaned over to kiss his neck once, and then ran my tongue up to his ear, kissing his earlobe. He froze in place. “Distraction,” I breathed into his ear. He grabbed my arms and flipped me onto my back. “You’re going to miss another class. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#beautiful-disaster #distraction #jamie-mcguire #sweet #travis-maddox

His eyebrows pulled in. “You won’t leave me, right? Even when I’m a pain in the ass?” “I vowed in front of God – and Elvis – that I wouldn’t, didn’t I? ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#beautiful-disaster #elvis #funny #jamie-mcguire #love