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“Now it occurred to him the changes of mental state that might be important were just such minor things as this abnormal irritability. Not…

— Don Berry

“True relaxation was a state of being that had been virtually unknown to him since childhood. The best that could be said of it…

— Alan Dean Foster

“He was agitated for some reason that he could not name. (page 35)”

— Kate DiCamillo

“I formed the impression that nature had given him little patience for fools, while society had cruelly decreed that he spend a great deal…

— Andrew Killeen

“What was difficult to deal with was his permanent anxiety: when we were little, he was afraid we’d go and play outside or wander…

— Benoît Peeters

“I asked what sort of 'trouble' we might expect. That he couldn't say; disasters always come out of the blue.”

— Albert Camus

“Troubles always seemed more severe after the sun went down. Even irrational worries and fears could seem perfectly logical at midnight.”

— Jeanne Stephens

“What he had was a sense that few things mattered much. That few people are to be feared. And so he now faced all…

— Dave Eggers

“Rather, he found himself enchanted with examples of simple human error, mundane malfunctions and mechanical glitches. The sheer variety of things that could and…

— Wendy Brenner

“The constant mental fight made him irritable. He had never had a temper before. Some days, he felt as if his entire body were…

— Cristina Alger

“He was so cheerful all the time it seemed like he might have brain damage.”

— Nicole Conway

“He worries a lot and often suffers from feelings of self-doubt. He has a natural attraction to the melancholy side of life. He is…

— Sandra Nichols