It distressed him seeing her so upset. And his distress…

“And his distress over her distress distressed him even more.”

— Leigh LaValle

“You are the most confusing woman I’ve ever met.”

— Jamie McGuire

“Still enveloped in a blanket of dreams he (life) continued to lie still, pretended as if he was in a deep slumber.”

— Suman Pokhrel

“He disliked his own lies as much as his parents', but still he continued to lie -- boldly and cunningly. He did this primarily…

— Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

With every year that passes, I get further away from my target audience, and while I've been happy to think of myself as a…

— Anthony Horowitz

I'm always distressed by the supposedly bright people who don't know what they are.

— Dick Clark

Sometimes I shrink from your knowing what I have felt for you, and sometimes I am distressed that all of it you will never…

— Thomas Hardy

I, being born a woman and distressed By all the needs and notions of my kind...

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

At first glance, Martha Stewart, queen of artfully distressed home furnishings, might not seem to have much in common with Michael R. Milken, one-time…

— Alex Berenson

“If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. But if you look at Christ, you’ll be…

— Rick Warren

“He who best discerns the worth of time is most distressed whenever time is lost.”

— Dante Alighieri

I am distressed when I see news channels saying 'Devdas' has let down the country by not getting an Oscar nomination.

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

I am exceedingly distressed at the proceedings of the Convention-being ... almost sure, they will ... lay the foundation of a Civil War.

— Elbridge Gerry

Footage of people camped out at Best Buy or elsewhere is not remotely a celebration. Rather, it's a reminder of just how economically distressed…

— Barry Ritholtz

The superior man is distressed by his want (lack) of ability

— Confucius