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"Nicasia said that as mortal power grows, land and sea ought to be united. And that they would be, either in the way she hoped or the way I should fear." "Ominous," I say. "It seems I have a singular taste for women who threaten me."
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threaten
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Holly Black |
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The phone rang. Softly, in actuality, yet it seemed loud and ominous, as phones do at night in dark hotel rooms.
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hotel
noir
ominous
phone
night
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Jim Thompson |
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"There's an innocuous explanation for everything. Everything is a coin that has two sides to it, and one side is innocuous but the other can be ominous. ("New York Blues")"
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innocuous
ominous
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Cornell Woolrich |
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It was a time for warm embraces, for smiles, for toasts and reconciliations, for renewing old friendships and making new ones, for laughter and kisses. It was a good time, a golden autumn, a time of peace and plenty. But winter was coming.
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laughter
happiness
time-for-love
winter-is-coming
prosperity
peace
threat
ominous
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George R.R. Martin |
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"It was dark now, and broodingly sluggish. Like something supine waiting to spring, with just the tip of its tail twitching. Leaves stood still on the trees. An evil green star glinted in the black sky like a hostile eye, like an evil spying eye. ("For The Rest Of Her Life")"
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star
omen
threat
ominous
night
evil
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Cornell Woolrich |
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It was a dark story.
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marriage
dark
death
short
kidnapping
pirate
theft
ominous
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Joseph Conrad |
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Bond looked at the beautiful day and smiled. And no man, not even Mr. Big, would have liked the expression on his face.
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ominous
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Ian Fleming |
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An eerie atmosphere leeched from the soot-damaged walls. It was as if the house had died, and yet she felt she belonged here. It was as if the old place wanted to claim her from the grave.
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dark
ominous
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Sara Sheridan |
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"One of these days," he said. "Everything bad will happen--one of these days."
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giovanni-s-room
portent
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pessimistic
bad
ominous
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