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title: "10 Sense Dread Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [“How messed up is it when you feel like you belong in a place that fills you with a sense of dread?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-carpenter/how-messed-up-is-it-when-you-feel-like-you-belong-in-a-place-that/)

[Stephen Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-carpenter/)

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> [One of my favorite vampire movies is 'Nosferatu,' which has a palpable sense of dread that's a pre-war dread.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-yelchin/one-of-my-favorite-vampire-movies-is-nosferatu-which-has-a-palpable/)

[Anton Yelchin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-yelchin/)

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> [Even before 9/11 I was gripped by a sense of dread: our lack of criticism about what we were doing in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/even-before-9-11-i-was-gripped-by-a-sense-of-dread-our-lack-of/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

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> [There often is a dark secret in books... There is often a gathering sense of dread; there's a gap sometimes in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-enright/there-often-is-a-dark-secret-in-books-there-is-often-a-gathering/)

[Anne Enright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-enright/)

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> [The one test of the really weird (story) is simply this--whether or not there be excited in the reader a profound sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-one-test-of-the-really-weird-story-is-simply-this-whether-or-not/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [A TV show where all of the characters are trying to figure out what's going on, and the suspense of that, fits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-night-shyamalan/a-tv-show-where-all-of-the-characters-are-trying-to-figure-out-what-s/)

[M. Night Shyamalan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-night-shyamalan/)

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> [“There is a moment in every relationship when one of the parties senses its imminent demise. There's a moment of incredible clarity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/there-is-a-moment-in-every-relationship-when-one-of-the-parties/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

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> [“As it happens I am comfortable with the Michael Laskis of this world, with those who live outside rather than in, those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/as-it-happens-i-am-comfortable-with-the-michael-laskis-of-this-world/)

[Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/)

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> [This morning, as Charlotte approached the brick facade of Hartnett, she found herself overcome with a great sense of dread. It hit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-ursu/this-morning-as-charlotte-approached-the-brick-facade-of-hartnett-she/)

[Anne Ursu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-ursu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/anne-ursu-9493_bed_this-morning-as-charlotte-approached-the_2613525.png)

> [“A certain atmosphere of breathless and unexplainable dread of outer, unknown forces must be present; and there must be a hint, expressed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft-2/a-certain-atmosphere-of-breathless-and-unexplainable-dread-of-outer/)

[H.P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft-2/)

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