Literary notes about Worry (AI summary)
In literature, worry functions as a multifaceted term that conveys both internal anxiety and a subtle reassurance. Authors use it to depict characters’ inner turmoil—illustrating how apprehensions over failure or unreciprocated love may consume an individual ([1], [2])—while it also appears in gentler moments, where a simple “don’t worry” serves to comfort or allay fears ([3], [4]). The word’s dual capacity to signal both a profound emotional disturbance as well as mundane, everyday concern is evident when it underscores the vulnerability of a character or the triviality of a problem, providing a versatile tool for expressing the complexities of human experience ([5], [6]).
- One of the worst forms of worry is the brooding over failure.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - I knew that if I did love her I could never dare hope for the miracle of her returning my love, but that reflection did not worry me.
— from The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - "He's with you, don't worry," said Siddhartha.
— from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - There's nothing more to worry about. LIZA.
— from Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw - “I did not ask him to worry himself,” said I, almost crying with excitement.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - No human intellect can estimate the unutterable havoc and ruin wrought by worry.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
