Quotes about Foreboding

It was ordained at the beginning of the world that certain signs should prefigure certain events.

And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”

The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.

But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.

Nobody knocks here, and the unexpected sounds ominous.

When the headlines get black and foreboding, the sale of alcohol and barbiturates rises in the country, as millions try to escape from the grim realities of [such] dangers.

Last night I felt the approach of nothing. Not too close but on its way, like a wingbeat, like the cooling of the wind, the slight initial tug of an undertow.

Love gives insight, Maggie, and insight often gives foreboding. Listen to me, let me supply you with books; do let me see you sometimes, be your brother and teacher, as you said at Lorton. It is less wrong that you should see me than that you should be committing this long suicide.

To Mr. Casaubon now, it was as if he suddenly found himself on the dark river-brink and heard the plash of the oncoming oar, not discerning the forms, but expecting the summons.

People recognize something's going to happen, and they'd better get ready.

A glass breaking on its own portended death.

He needed the warmth of the sun to take away the chill of foreboding that grew in him.