Quotes About Tension

No telling what those men wanted... but in these times there were white men with bloodier hands than any Indian...

from a blow. His yellow eyes clung to von Hallstatt. He desperately

from down the draw, and nobody spoke. All knew that the three

now– The door suddenly was opened! 

arm was seized and he was thrown over Fallon's back with a flying mare. He hit the ground with a thud and Fallon fell upon him, a knee driving into his solar plexus as Fallon came down, then that

It was a pity, he reflected, that the men of good will are so poorly armed, for at times it was a handicap not to hate.

Somehow they were both still alive, at least for one more second, one more heartbeat.

Jo vanished without a word. Rushing upstairs, she startled the invalids by exclaiming tragically as she burst into the room, 'Oh, do somebody go down quick; John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!

John was a mild man, but he was human, and after a long day's work to come home tired, hungry, and hopeful, to find a chaotic house, an empty table, and a cross wife was not exactly conducive to repose of mind or manner. He restrained himself however, and the

He was a bad thing waiting for a worse thing to happen.

There was the unspeakable neatness of military preparation for violence

This transaction required Bill's signature, but John's relations with his father were so uneasy that he had to ask brother Frank and Pierson Briggs to act as intermediaries.

For such a perfectionist, giving money away was fraught with far more nervous tension than making it.

These social pressures took their toll on his marriage

Hypersensitive to pressure, Rockefeller tended to stiffen up whenever he felt pushed.

All the pent-up frustrations produced by the accelerated change of the late nineteenth century were vented in spontaneous, often violent dissent.

The issue is much more complicated than that, but there's no doubt that Rockefeller's achievement arose from the often tense interplay between the two opposing, deeply ingrained tendencies of his nature—his father's daring and his mother's prudence—yoked together under great pressure.

leaving the Morgan family angry and bewildered.

She knows her life is on the line but, believe it or not, she's never been so excited! Her husband's a serial killer, and her bodice is wet with tears, but there's a chance her brothers will show up like winning lottery numbers. Which does she want more - her hair wound in the maniac's hands and her white white throat bared, or the sound of boots on marble stairs?

I missed that one,' Henryson said. 'The war, I mean.' 'Don't worry,' Snipes said. 'Another one's always coming down the pike. That's something all your historians and philosophers agree on. A feller over in Germany looks to be ready to set a match to Europe soon enough, and quick as they snuff him out there'll be another to take his place.

My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.

N.S.C. briefing. Castro is very nervous. We'll try to keep him that way.

Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.

Uncertainty is always hell.