Quotes About Unease

Porphyre followed her to the base of the stairs. He'd stayed near her during the meal, as though he sensed her new unease. No, she thought, not new; the old, the always, the now and ever was.

A sense of wrongness, of fraught unease, as if long nails scraped the surface of the moon, raising the hackles of the soul.

He was good-looking. Enough to make me feel uncomfortable. Tall and dark, etc.

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power.

I'm a worrywart, so I'm always a bit more stressed out than I should be or wish I was.

You know what it's like to feel anxious - it's horrible feeling anxious. It's stressful having that feeling, having butterflies in your stomach, even for a day, and you don't sleep at night.

He could not feel at ease with gourmets and hedonists; they were a hostile species.

An abundance of leisure uninformed by a philosophy of life, substantial intellectual resources, or religious belief of some kind may give rise to escapism, meaningless routines, or rushing around. It seems that human beings are not programmed to enjoy unlimited amounts of leisure without unease and difficulty.

Putting an end to foreign aid is impractical and would likely lead to additional human suffering. It is impractical because citizens of many Western nations feel guilt and unease about the economic and humanitarian disasters around the world, and foreign aid makes them believe that something is being done to combat the problems. Even if this something is not very effective, their desire for doing it will continue, and so will foreign aid.

Putting an end to foreign aid is impractical and would likely lead to additional human suffering. It is impractical because citizens of many Western nations feel guilt and unease about the economic and humanitarian disasters around the world, and foreign aid makes them believe that something is being done to combat the problems.

While Grandma Welker didn't come right out and accuse Katie of being a witch, or something worse, it was easy to see that she wasn't comfortable around her.

I feel restless, and something seems to weigh me down.

Socially we balanced each other out. He was the guy who came into the room and everyone was relieved. I made people deeply uneasy, myself most of all.

nothing? She seemed as nervous

Among other things, I'm afraid of cows." "Because of their size?" Helen asked sympathetically. "No, it's the way they stare. As if they're plotting something.

We had a horrible fear of him because we sensed he was alone.

I have a special place devoted to worry that has an insatiable hunger to be filled. When it's empty, it worries anyway about what it's going to worry about. A sick kitten is ideal worry-material.

In 'Mad Men,' we watch a group of people who live in a prosperous society that offers happiness and order like never before in history and yet are full of anxiety and unease. They feel there is something more, something beyond. And they feel stuck.

Ich fühlte mich in Margas Gegenwart nicht mehr wohl, als müsste ich stets vor etwas auf der Hut sein, ein dumpfer, verschwommener Argwohn, ich könnte ihr Missfallen erregen. Kontrolliert, beinah zensiert, fühlte ich mich.

Danny woke up the next day feeling a little off. Not bad, exactly, not unsettled the way he had been the previous morning on the bus, just . . . off. He went down to breakfast and found his mother snoring into her coffee. Danny's dad was away on a business trip, and Danny's mother did not do mornings well. Toast. Toast seemed like a good idea. He slid some bread into the toaster. "Zzz . . . zz . . .

I'm not into weapons. I'm not into cars. I'm not into explosions. I'm scared of all of that.

Once I was sitting next to a man on an airplane who kept interrupting our conversation to take various pills. I asked him, "What is that you're taking?" He answered that they were tranquilizers. I said, "Oh, are you nervous?" and he said, "No, not now, but I think when I get home I'm going to be." You can laugh at this story, but what happens with you when you begin to feel uneasy, unsettled, queasy?

She patted Edward's arm. 'You'd be uncomfortable being comfortable, wouldn't you?

It was something she knew she had to do, but she felt uneasy about it, and afraid, too.