#dread

Dread of night. Dread of not-night. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#night

Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events. ↗

— Henry Knox

#consequences #country #dreadful #events #every

There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color. ↗

— Major Taylor

#always #battle #because #color #dreadful

Loud roared the dreadful thunder, The rain a deluge showers. ↗

— Andrew Cherry

#dreadful #loud #rain #showers #thunder

The world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain. ↗

— Ronald Firbank

#dreadfully #hardly #knows #managed #whom

The dread of criticism is the death of genius. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

#death #dread #genius

Her free hand was clenched in a fist. I held still, waiting for her to say something, to tell me she should have never left me here, where her friends might look to me for help. Finally she looked at me. Her eyes were hard, but she'd let no tears fall. "This is where we blame those who are responsible, Cooper, she told me, her voice very soft. "The colemongers, and the bought Dogs at Tradesmen's kennel. We'll leave an offering for him with the Black God when all this is done, and we'll occupy ourselves with tearing these colemongers apart. all right? We put grief aside for now. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#bad-news #blame #dread #grief #guilt

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#art #been #before #common #doing

The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which they are not familiar... Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have generally been persecuted, and always derided as fools and madmen. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#actually #always #appearance #been #beings

Continuous exercise can wear you down and wear you out. What once was a passion has now become just a chore that you dread. ↗

— Helen M. Ryan

#exercise #habits #not-wanting-to-exercise #change