Disquietude

They are under a frightful apprehension of guilt and wrath, that they cannot enjoy themselves; when they seem settled they are in disquietude, when they seem merry they are in heaviness; like Cain, who always dwelt in the land of shaking. ❋ Unknown (1721)

The second cause of his disquietude was the jealous hatred of Madame Campvallon toward the young rival she had herself selected. ❋ Various (N/A)

There were even some among them who did not dance at all, but only felt an involuntary impulse to allay the internal sense of disquietude, which is the usual forerunner of an attack of this kind, by laughter, and quick walking carried to the extent of producing fatigue. ❋ John [Editor] Rudd (1885)

To love only to seek - on condition of never finding - to want only disquietude, that is to hate truth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But another and different kind of disquietude kept them waking too. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Ollivier, the Prime-Minister, said openly: "The Government has no kind of disquietude; at no epoch has the maintenance of peace been more assured; on whatever side you look, you see no irritating question under discussion." ❋ Charles Sumner (1842)

But I have another source of disquietude which is unaccompanied with any alleviating circumstances. ❋ William Godwin (1796)

We can allow such horrors to ebb into our subconscious, a tidal flat of deferred disquietude. ❋ Luke O (2009)

If you do, it will create disquietude in your soul and be counterproductive. ❋ Jack Watts (2011)

"My husband and I looked at each other till we burst into tears, and our children observing our disquietude began to cry bitterly." ❋ Susan J. Matt (2012)

Although few are honestly articulating such strong anxieties about changes in population trends or in leadership, many blacks suspect that this disquietude is in fact insinuating itself into many places through disguised forms of dissatisfaction and disdain. ❋ Jr. Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes (2011)

Should they be threatened by boredom, or should the absurdity of their lives leap out at them from the curve of some cruel mirror, let them remember you, and the pain of existence will seem preferable to the disquietude of no longer being. ❋ Sam Sacks (2011)

In nearly ten searing anti-sweatshop columns in the mid-Nineties, he captured Americans 'disquietude about corporate-led globalization while pointing out the tone-deaf callousness of Bill Clinton's team; the latter was summed up nicely by James Carville when asked about his Nike deal (by another journalist, not Herbert): he berated the reporter for deigning to ask, snarling, "I own stock in Royal Dutch Shell, too." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dude, with all that [Gregorian] [Chanting], you've filled [my world] with disquietude! ❋ AceTW (2004)