“Those who have been indulged by fortune and have always thought of calamity as what happens to others, feel a blind incredulous rage at the reversal of their lot, and half believe that their wild cries will alter the course of the storm.” FeelsBelieveHas BeensHappensCoursesHalfCryBlindFortuneStormRageCalamityReversal Book:Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)
“I rarely think of poetry as something I make happen; it is more accurate to say that it happens to me. Like a summer storm, a house afire, or the coincidence of both on the same day.” ThinkingHappensPoetryHouseSummerStormAccurateCoincidence Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“The cloud which appeared to the prophet Ezekiel carried with it winds and storms, but it was environed with a golden circle, to teach us that the storms of afflictions, which happen to God's children, are encompassed with brightness and smiling felicity.” ChildrenHappensTeachWindCloudsStormCirclesGoldenProphetAfflictionBrightnessFelicityEzekiel Author:Nicolas Caussin