Portent Quotes

“One of these days," he said. "Everything bad will happen—one of these days.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

“I don't like you, I love you. You're a portent for me, a sign. I've always lived by signs.”
― Iris Murdoch, Henry and Cato

“Arnold's 'joke' was too obscenely good not to be taken as a portent: it was the visible part of some huge invisible horror.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince

“It was dark now. A thin moon was visible, a bright portent, but giving no light.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Message to the Planet