It's easier, somehow, if there's a reason for tragedy....

“ It's easier, somehow, if there's a reason for tragedy - lust or jealousy or hatred or revenge. We can find in these explanations an emotional tenor commensurate with the gravity of the act. There's something we recognize as human, a motive toward which we can direct our rage but can also understand, at some primal level, as an extension of ourselves. ”

Leslie Jamison

From : The Empathy Exams: Essays