Quote by George Eliot

“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…

— Ian McEwan

“She watched his face as earnestly as he watched the river. But, in the intensity of her look there was a touch of dread…

— Charles Dickens

“...she still stopped when her mind moved towards real fear or dread or, worse, towards the thought that she was going to lose this…

— Colm Tóibín

“I blinked at her, suddenly loathing her to the depths of my soul. Not only was she probably rather evil, and definitely thoroughly unpleasant,…

— Nicole Peeler

“Dread was always with her, an alarm system in her head, alert to her next disaster. Despite being resigned to a life of misfortune,…

— G.G. Renee Hill

“She hadn’t thought anything could squeeze past the pain in her head, the ache in her stomach, the sizzle of shame in her blood.…

— Nora Roberts

“It never occurred to him to ask her what sort of demeanor she preferred. He didn't have to strategize or even scheme. Later he…

— David Foster Wallace

“Her heart was raw and trembling, and the darkness faded.”

— Sarah J. Maas

“He felt nervous and excited an happy and kind of filled with dread, all at the same time. It was the most emotion he'd…

— James Patterson

“She had the sudden feeling that if she could look into those eyes for the rest of her life, she would be happy. It…

— Patricia Briggs

“She bellowed the last word with such soul-deep hatred that he felt it like a punch to the gut.”

— Sarah J. Maas

“There had been nothing to fear. The world turned out to be a gentler, more forgiving and richer plain than she'd ever imagined.”

— Vanessa Greene