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Quotes About Tension

That's very funny," says Peeta. Suddenly he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch's hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the bloodred liquid running toward the back of the train. "Only not to us.
~ Suzanne Collins
I find comedy to be really scary, because it can go so wrong so easily, and the margin for error is so huge - and I guess that's what makes it funny, that tension.
~ Tatiana Maslany
Sophie, honey, stop looking at me like that, " Garrett said gruffly. "You'll have me convinced I'm going to die.""You're not?
~ Unknown
Excuse me, " she said, her voice tight. "But if I'd known there was going to be a firearms examination at the end of the kidnapping, by God, I would have studied for it!
~ Unknown
Daemon pressed his forehead against mine. "Oh, I still want to strangle you. But I'm insane. You're crazy. Maybe that's why. We just make crazy together.
~ Jennifer L. Armentrout, Onyx
Nancy was so thrilled, I thought she was going to kiss me—and I thought I was actually going to have to hit a chick.
~ Jennifer L. Armentrout, Origin
The past, the present, and the future walked into a bar. It was tense.
~ Unknown
You're gonna sit down. You're gonna shut up. And by the grace of God Almighty, I ain't gonna kill you.
~ Lois Greiman, One Hot Mess
I was just wondering how long we were going to pretend like we annoyed each other before we started sleeping together.
~ Beck Anderson, Use Somebody
Ben walks in the room and asks, "What were you guys doing?" Nikki says "Nothing" at the same time I say, "Your sister and I were just makin' out.
~ Simone Elkeles, Chain Reaction
Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.
~ Alfred Adler
I'm scared of the future. I'm scared of the past. I'm nervous at the moment.
~ David Mitchell
As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak.
~ Naguib Mahfouz
The USA are a goal down, and if they don't get a goal they'll lose.
~ John Helm
Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you?
~ Ben Hogan
Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.
~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Now is the age of anxiety.
~ Unknown
Drama is life with the dull bits left out.
~ Alfred Hitchcock
Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.
~ John Barrymore
Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight.
~ English proverb
There is only a thin line between love and hate...And sometimes it seems like we are dancing on that line.
~ Ritu Ghatourey
Love is the force that allows chaos and peace to coexist in harmony.
~ Unknown
There's only a thin line between love and hate, and sometimes it feels like we're dancing on that line.
~ Unknown
For maybe the first time in years, you're noticing in real time how the mind creates tension in the body. Soon you'll notice that the body also creates tension in the mind in a self-sustaining loop.
~ Mark Williams