“He seemed unaware of the messiness of the arrangement. ”
“He seemed unaware of what was going on, stared out without hope or ambition, without worry, developing a quality devoid of qualities to get him through this life.”
“America had many other discoverers besides Columbus, but he seems to have made more satisfactory arrangements with the historians than any of the others.”
“He had to take Plott unaware.”
“You took me unawares, my lord. I was not told of your coming." - "And I seem to have prevented yours.”
“It was a source of both terror and comfort to me then that I often seemed invisible — incompletely and minimally existent, in fact. It seemed to me that I made no impact on the world, and that in exchange I was privileged to watch it unawares.”