Quotes About Tension

She was worn and tense and there were dark shadows under her eyes; he wished that he could do something to ease her pain and knew that he could not.

We're heading into nut country today.

Like dealing with Dad-all give and no take. (On negotiating with Soviet Premier Nikita S Khrushchev)

Then, driven by the same impulse, they kissed him--Aylss on the let cheek, Evanlyn on the right. And then they glared daggers at each other.

Shut up, Axl!" he whispered fiercly. "If you want to break your neck, do it quietly or I'll break it for you.

Hello, Hal," she said. He took a deep breath. "Lotte. How are you?" he said, trying to make sure his voice didn't crack. His throat felt dry all of a sudden.

Will wondered how Horace could be so calm. He was unaware that Horace was asking himself the same question about Will, feeling the same knotting of stomach muscles. The

Let go the ropes! Down sail! Do it! Do it! Do it!" There was no real need for those final instructions. The other boys were every bit as tense as he was. But he couldn't restrain himself.

Ik was bang dat ik haar op een gegeven moment met een roeiriem op haar kop zou slaan... En dat was vast niet goed voor mijn carrière. - Alyss, over Evanlyn

Then, driven by the same impulse, they kissed him—Alyss on the left cheek, Evanlyn on the right. And then glared daggers at each other.

Evanlyn could have kissed her.

Dat begrijp ik. Dit is een vredig plaatsje en u ziet de rust hier niet graag verstoord.' Erak glimlachte terug, maar een haai had nauwelijks valser kunnen glimlachen. 'Nee, integendeel. Dit is een buitengewoon gewelddadige stad en als uw mannen voor moeilijkheden zorgen, gaan zonder pardon hun koppen eraf.

Het is mij geworden,' zei de Jager plechtig... 'dat onze goede koning Duncan, heer van het rijk, een idioot is.' Was de sfeer in de herberg tot dan er een geweest van 'straks gebeurt er misschien wat interessants', nu werd deze gespannen.

Milan-Roma games were especially tense. Roma fans loved to sing, to the tune of Il sole mio – 'I have only one dream/Milan in flames'. Milan's fans replied with irony: 'Milan in flames? And where will you work?

The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. If you try to run away from it, if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost.

A strange calmness had overcome her with her realization that she no longer cared. A tension inside her head had been released, an enigmatic, ticking mechanism had ceased to operate, and now she floated in the pool of circumstances that had drowned her desires, was held fast in it, like scum on the surface of a pond.

COSTS "Riveting

Oh, Wikipedia, with your tension between those who would share knowledge and those who would destroy it.

War is sometimes described as long periods of boredom punctuated by short moments of excitement. History is often similar, if rather safer.

The fat is in the fire.

Mi escritura era muy apretada, como nerviosa. Las palabras discurrían en líneas titubeantes. como un campo de trigo recorrido por un soplo de viento.

Se miraron un instante, sintiendo lo mismo, que estaban en la línea de salida de algo.

He could sense a fierce tautness in the cheap air of the tunnel, almost like entering a medical ward where disease lingers in the corners and no one has ever opened a window to bring in fresh air.

harmonoia n. an itchy sense of dread when life feels just a hint too peaceful—when everyone seems to get along suspiciously well, with an eerie stillness that makes you want to brace for the inevitable collapse, or burn it down yourself. From harmony + paranoia. Pronounced "hahr