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Foreboding3 quotes
By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes. — William Shakespeare · 1616The sky is darkening like a stain;
Something is going to fall like rain,
And it won't be flowers. — W.H. Auden · 1935And as the smart ship grew
In stature, grace, and hue,
In shadowy silent distance grew the Iceberg too. — Thomas Hardy · 1912Apprehension1 quote
By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes. — William Shakespeare · 1616Disaster1 quote
And as the smart ship grew
In stature, grace, and hue,
In shadowy silent distance grew the Iceberg too. — Thomas Hardy · 1912