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Quotes About Devastation

What do you call the Hrothgar-wrecker when Hrothgar has been wrecked?
~ John Gardner, Grendel
Real love will take you far beyond yourself;and therefore real love will devastate you.
~ Ken Wilber
The floods had devastated the lower reaches of the town, home to the poorer families who were less likely to make a noise about it. Or at least have that noise listened to. In the more affluent parts of town, life had already pretty much returned to normal.
~ Jojo Moyes
I am become Shiva, destroyer of worlds.
~ Jonathan Maberry
Die Katastrophe war so verheerend, dass jede normale Reaktion unangemessen war.
~ Jonathan Stroud
seismic disasters known as earthquake storms,
~ Eric H. Cline
Korra slid from Naga's back and let her gaze drift over the once-magnificent arena. Several of its tall spires were charred. The gilded glass dome that had been the arena's crowning glory was shattered. The jagged iron girders that had formed the dome's skeleton stuck out from the roof at odd angles, the metal gnarled and twisted. Korra shivered as she took in the damage, and a cold feeling of foreboding crept over her.
~ Erica David
As they climbed onto the bank at the other side, the two cats could only stare in horror at the remains of their beloved woodland. "Seeing this place from across the river was the only comfort I had," murmured Graystripe.
~ Erin Hunter
As he looked across to the opposite bank a cold claw sank into his heart. Sandstorm was gone.
~ Erin Hunter
I'll work to ensure that every single refugee who seeks asylum in the United States has a fair chance to tell his or her story. This is the least we can offer people fleeing persecution and devastation.
~ Hillary Clinton
My left hook is the H-bomb of the Featherweight division.
~ Patricio Freire
Only those who have lost their parents will know what it is like. It is horrific, it is hard and it breaks your heart, it really does.
~ Steve Bruce
I always said I would never leave 'Big Brother' unless I was sacked or not wanted, so if it does go elsewhere and they want a new host then fair enough, but I'll be devastated.
~ Rylan Clark-Neal
Typhoon damage happens when they hit land, and as humans, we've decided to destroy mangroves and hurt coral reefs. If we don't have barriers, the devastation is worse, and that is scary.
~ Ashlan Gorse Cousteau
It infects you. It ruined me.
~ Gillian Flynn
I am the Daughter of Night. I am the Child of Darkness Forthcoming. Come to my mother or become prey for the beasts of devastation in the Year of the Skulls.
~ Glen Cook
Destruction is a form of creation.
~ Graham Greene
We were trying to get all of the planes down out of the sky. And we watched as the towers of the World Trade Center collapsed - something no one expected and anticipated. And you could sit there and see and be aware that thousands of people were at that moment being killed as a result of the terrorist attacks that struck the United States.
~ Dick Cheney
My wife had taken off on a plane. Two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center. I, of course, like any other person, felt potentially devastated, panicky a little bit.
~ Ted Olson
We came back right over the World Trade Center and could see, even from that altitude, the devastation, the smoke that was coming up. It was obvious it was going to be horrible.
~ Hugh Shelton
I have visited the cities and towns across America and seen the devastation caused by the trade policies of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton supported Bill Clinton's disastrous NAFTA, just like she supported China's entrance into the World Trade Organization.
~ Donald Trump
The Second World War claimed tens of millions of victims.
~ Jean-Marie Le Pen
The newspaper headlines may shout about global warming, extinctions of living species, the devastation of rain forests, and other worldwide catastrophes, but Americans evince a striking complacency when it comes to their everyday environment and the growing calamity that it represents.
~ James Howard Kunstler
Infidelity is horrible - there's nothing worse than that; it's devastating.
~ Jessica Capshaw