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Quotes About Unease

But now I am glad that I went into detail from the first, for there is something so strange about this place and all in it that I cannot but feel uneasy.
~ Bram Stoker
approaches him with some trepidation.
~ Bryce Courtenay
and Magrat was sick all night just at the thought of it and had the dire rear.
~ Terry Pratchett
Silence can't be interpreted. It can't be anticipated. It gives away nothing. And in most people, prolonged silence instills unease. We fill it up with the very best or worst of our imagination. As Ryodan said, the wise man is the silent one.
~ Karen Marie Moning
There is an unease in you, too, which I sensed. You remind me of an anchor searching for a spot to latch on to.
~ Karen White
Night camp wasn't much better. The air was thick with hostility,sideways glances, and accusing stares.
~ Kat Martin
The boys ate warily, trying not to be seen or heard, the cornbread sticking, the buttermilk gurgling, as it went down their gullets.
~ Katherine Anne Porter
But that day I was anxious. I was nervous and worried, uneasy and distracted. I paced around and never felt settled. I didn't care for the sensation, yet I realized it was possibly a natural progression of my evolving soul, and therefore I tried my best to embrace it.
~ Garth Stein
Something's just not right," he said, shaking his head, "not by a long shot.
~ Brom
the abnormal always excites aversion, distrust, and fear.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
But what troubled her was unutterable, and she could barely frame it for herself. Where he merely suffered conventional first-night nerves, she experienced a visceral dread, a helpless disgust as palpable as seasickness.
~ Ian Mcewan
Although I was born into the America that experiences and believes in opportunity, my trips to Ferguson, Detroit, Atlanta, and Chicago have revealed that there is an undercurrent of unease.
~ Rand Paul
We are uneasy with an affectionate man, for we are positive he wants something of us, particularly our love.
~ Edward Dahlberg
Yet his feeling of wrongness now ached in his skull.
~ Steven Erikson
What did you—" He swallowed. His voice was raspy. "What did you do to him?" "Sightseeing. Your turn." He shivered. "No, that's all right.
~ Steven Gould
Othman became aware of Owen's mounting unease on his other side. The boy would have to be attended to first.
~ Storm Constantine
Louis did not feel completely at ease with the man, there was something very odd and almost sinister about him. But at the same time, Othman possessed a quality which made people want to spend time in his company. Perhaps it was simply charisma.
~ Storm Constantine
Louis experienced a tremor of unease. He was at this man's mercy now.
~ Storm Constantine
The air seemed poisoned with fear and hatred. People eyed on another suspiciously, and the streets smelled of a silence that knotted your stomach.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
People eyed one another suspiciously, and the streets smelled of a silence that knotted your stomach.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Even in his absence, Tate had managed to remind her of his concern and caring. With determination, she set aside the unease that had plagued her this day.
~ Carolyn Davidson
It was the U.S.A., after all, and fear was in the air.
~ Thomas Pynchon
Their eyes have a staring expression; they are always seeking something. What are they seeking? The whites always want something; they are always uneasy and restless. We do not know what they want. We do not understand them. We think that they are mad.
~ C.G. Jung
turning in my guts like a torsion.
~ C.J. Sansom