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• Rachel, you take her,” my mother said, clearly uncomfortable. “She might like you.” “No. Mom, no!” I protested, but it was my mother we were talking about, and it was either take the baby or have her hit the floor.

  Kim Harrison

  Mom, Mother, Baby

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• I thought of the one thing about home that I missed, my dad's study with its built-in, floor-to-ceiling shelves sagging with thick biographies and the black leather chair that kept me just uncomfortable enough to keep from feeling sleepy as I read.

  John Green

  Dad, Home, Feelings

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.65, Penguin

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• Optimism sprouts from the knowledge that you are in control of your own life, not your past and not those around you. Part of being in control is taking responsibility for how you feel. This means not just admitting to uncomfortable feelings but then examining your circumstances to see what can be done to change these feelings at the source.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Mean, Responsibility, Past

  Augusten Burroughs (2012). “This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.”, p.17, Macmillan

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• I felt very low. I had been unmasked only that morning by Jay Cee herself, and I felt now that all the uncomfortable suspicions I had about myself were coming true. After nineteen years of running after good marks and prizes and grants of one sort and another, I was letting up, slowing down, dropping clean out of race.

  Sylvia Plath

  Running, Morning, Race

  Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.17, Hamilton Books

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• I don’t bite Marcus. You can come sit on the comfy old couch with me. That chair is incredibly uncomfortable.” Just the opening I needed. I jumped up and sat down on the end of the couch and stretched my legs out in front of me. “You don’t have to tell me twice. I was just being polite.” Will ow chuckled and brought a blanket over to the sofa with her.

  Abbi Glines

  Legs, Just Being, Chairs

  Abbi Glines (2012). “Because of Low”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• So many people come to church with a genuine desire to hear what we have to say, yet they are always going back home with the uncomfortable feeling that we are making it too difficult for them to come to Jesus.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Jesus, Home, Uncomfortable Feeling

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2012). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• .. becoming attached to a country involves pressing, uncomfortable questions about justice and opportunity for its least powerful citizens.

  Katherine Boo

  Country, Powerful, Opportunity

  Katherine Boo (2012). “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity”, p.249, Random House

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• He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he did anything, it did not prevent him from grumbling, losing his temper and swearing (mostly to himself).

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Heart, Grumbling, Way

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “Tales from the Perilous Realm”, p.285, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Krystal’s slow passage up the school had resembled the passage of a goat through the body of a boa constrictor, being highly visible and uncomfortable for both parties concerned.

  J. K. Rowling

  Witty, Party, School

  J.K. Rowling (2012). “The Casual Vacancy”, p.45, Hachette UK

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• Vulnerability, like he had the power to hurt her or pleasure her in a way no other man could. For the first time, he was uncomfortable with the idea of having complete power over her

  Maya Banks

  Hurt, Men, Ideas

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• Jared had his back to the wall, which Kami thought was a reflex when he was uncomfortable. She wanted to shield him. “He was doing some—Zen jogging,” she claimed. Jared flicked her an incredulous glance. “Yes,” he said slowly. “Zen jogging. I wasn’t wearing that many clothes because—that’s part of the process. You’re meant to commune with the elements. Normally, I wouldn’t have worn my jeans, but I put them on because I know the English are a modest people.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Wall, Jeans, Clothes

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2012). “Unspoken”, p.83, Simon and Schuster

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• It's hard to make changes. Things get so comfortable and you don't want to move. Maybe it would do you good to be a little uncomfortable for a while, and do something different.

  Danielle Steel

  Moving, Different, Want

  Danielle Steel (2010). “Legacy”, p.303, Random House

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• He was uncomfortable with the idea that use might not like him.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Ideas, Use, Might

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• Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition. These findings add to the growing evidence that good mood, intuition, creativity, gullibility, and increased reliance on System 1 form a cluster. At the other pole, sadness, vigilance, suspicion, an analytic approach, and increased effort also go together. A happy mood loosens the control of System 2 over performance: when in a good mood, people become more intuitive and more creative but also less vigilant and more prone to logical errors.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Sadness, Creativity, Errors

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.69, Macmillan

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• We are plain quiet folk, and I have no use for adventures. Nasty, disturbing, and uncomfortable things.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Adventure, Use, Nasty

  "The Hobbit". 75th Anniversary Edition,

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• Or maybe you’re merely uncomfortable with uncertainty. Like the rest of the human race.

  Jerry Spinelli

  Race, Humans, Uncertainty

  Jerry Spinelli (2007). “Love, Stargirl”, p.129, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• And so that means..." "We have to rob the Henley," Simon said. Kat sank onto a truly uncomfortable sofa. "Again.

  Ally Carter

  Mean, Sofas, Said

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• It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool.

  L. Frank Baum

  Uncomfortable Feeling, Feelings, Fool

  L. Frank Baum (2016). “THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ – Complete Collection: 16 Novels in One Premium Edition (Fantasy Classics Series): The most Beloved Children’s Books about the Adventures in the Magical Land of Oz”, p.26, e-artnow

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• As soon as I arrived I made an attempt to find my host but the two or three people of whom I asked his whereabouts stared at me in such an amazed way and denied so vehemently an knowledge of his movements that I slunk off in the direction of the cocktail table--the only place in the garden where a single man could linger without looking purposeless and alone.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Men, Garden, Two

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). “O Grande Gatsby: The Great Gatsby: Edição bilíngue português - inglês”, p.170, Editora Landmark LTDA

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• I get the strange urge to hit my head against the wall. Other people's sobs make me feel uncomfortable.

  Veronica Roth

  Wall, People, Strange

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• I wake up feverish, sore, uncomfortable. Is it sickness or is it heartbreak? I can't tell. The thermometer says I'm normal, but I'm clearly not.

  David Levithan

  Wake Up, Normal, Sickness

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• I Promise," Shane said. "You'd better, jerkface," Eve said. "How's the head?" "Taped. It's fine, chicks dig scars. Wait, did you just call me jerkface? Are we back in grade school?" "I love you," Eve said. He closed his moth, fast, because obviously that was not what he'd expected. "I, uh, okay, love you too. Can we stop that? It's uncomfortable." "Jerkface." "Much better.

  Rachel Caine

  Love You, School, Waiting

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• What he has in addition is pure empathy and projection,” Dr. Bloom said. “He can assume your point of view, or mine – and maybe some other points of view that scare and sicken him. It’s an uncomfortable gift, Jack. Perception’s a tool that’s pointed on both ends.

  Thomas Harris

  Views, Empathy, Perception

  Thomas Harris (2009). “Red Dragon”, p.189, Penguin

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• Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it. If this requires public speaking or networking or other activities that make you uncomfortable, do them anyway. But accept that they're difficult, get the training you need to make them easier, and reward yourself when you're done.

  Susan Cain

  Training, Networking, Needs

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.264, Broadway Books

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• He's been out for a while," she said. "You ready to take a break?" Hopper could exist in this living form or be transformed into a small statue, which helped avoid uncomfortable questions when people came by. Only she could transform him though. "Yeah. He keeps trying to eat my paints. And I don't want him to watch me kiss you goodbye.

  Richelle Mead

  Goodbye, Kissing, People

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Fiery Heart: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.8, Penguin

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