“The shock was akin to that of buying, out of duty, a novel written by a dull and uninspired acquaintance and finding… — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
You kept talking but my ears said please stop. No warning, I just could not move at all. I was in a… — Jenna Bognar Copy Share Image
“If looks could kill right then, Jason had no doubt he would’ve been lying flat on the ground with an expression of… — Julie James Copy Share Image
Indeed, everything was a shock at the beginning. The wash machines, dryers, dishwashers, garbage disposal machines, juicers, toasters, and yes, the ATM… — Li Cunxin Copy Share Image
“Death was an inverse Big Bang; an impossible magic trick where everything had become nothing in the very same instant, where one… — Belinda Bauer Copy Share Image
I think it's part of the responsibility of an artist to shock, to upset, to make people think differently, and to surprise… — Bill Plympton Copy Share Image
The Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939, a traumatic shock to me, ended any ambivalence I had about the Soviet Union, and all cooperation… — Roger Nash Baldwin Copy Share Image
The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
Beauty is like a train that ceaselessly roars out of the Gare de Lyon and which I know will never leave, which… — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
Toby smiled and started to speak, but Josh adjusted his hold on Tank and reached back, covering Toby's mouth. "Wait," Grace said.… — Jill Shalvis Copy Share Image
I was about 12 or 13 years old. I picked up the Bible and read it from cover to cover one weekend… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“I will not share you." Still holding his gaze, she drove her body down onto his. Tiny threads of lightning danced over… — C.L. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Then Frederica went towards him, holding out her hand, and he raised his eyes from Felix’s eager countenance, and smiled at her,… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
My dad said, 'The thing that I was told that was really helpful was that I mustn't be afraid of the things… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
How many mysteries have you seen in your lifetime? How many nets pulled full over the boat's side, each silver body ready… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
The biggest shock when I lost it all was the realization that so much of my life had been out of my… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
Be as delicate as possible. If communication accomplishes something on the gross but damages something on the level of feeling then it… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on,… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
I was just a kid. I think I stole a candy bar. I remember feeling so terrible. It was the worst shock.… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
It's a shock for me to go through and see all those years of painting my life, which is very personal for… — Andrew Wyeth Copy Share Image
I get to play characters that kind of shock people and I enjoy doing that. I like characters that have meaning and… — Alexa Vega Copy Share Image
When you are 'bad' in the art world they are very very scared! They want to control you... and they can't! Individuality… — Laurence Gartel Copy Share Image
No matter how hard we try words simply cannot express the horror, the shock, and the revulsion we all feel over what… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“I’m certain I’ve written things that have offended people, yes – but no, I have never written anything for the sake of… — Alistair Cross Copy Share Image
“The servants of a queen, even a queen under arrest, were not usually supposed to be physically higher than she was. Did… — Nicola Clark Copy Share Image
We look so very different from the way we sound. It’s a shock, similar to hearing your own voice for the first… — Elizabeth Hay Copy Share Image
In order to produce learned fear, you take a neutral stimulus like a tone, and you pair it with an electrical shock.… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
Just like any other company, Samsung can fail, and if that happens, how will the South Korean economy overcome the shock? If… — Kim Young-ha Copy Share Image
What shocks me is that so many people leave care and become homeless, and when you're homeless you get into crime, prostitution… — Samantha Morton Copy Share Image
My kind [vampires] does not surprise easily," he said. "You surprised me, this morning. I have thus used up my full quota… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large,… — Daniel Yergin Copy Share Image
The International Brigades provided a shock force while the Republic trained and organized an army from an assemblage of individuals. The Spanish… — Bill Alexander Copy Share Image
What really shocks me, what I can honestly sit back and ponder for hours in a lot of cases is just, 'Why… — Ray William Johnson Copy Share Image
“It gave me a shock. A sudden shock of indescribable pain, like when you’re a kid, and you’re hit on the nose… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
The notion that the natural world obeys its own rules and doesn't give a damn about your expectations comes as a massive… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Folks still remember the day ole Bob Riley came bouncing down that dirt road in his pickup. Pretty soon, it was bouncing… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
Children demand that their heroes should be freckle less, and easily believe them so: perhaps a first discovery to the contrary is… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Consider the public. Never fear it nor despise it. Coax it, charm it, interest it, stimulate it, shock it now and then… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences,… — Allen Klein Copy Share Image
I'm so many people. They shock me sometimes. I wish I was just me! I used to think I was going crazy,… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
![“My kind [vampires] does not surprise easily," he said. "You surprised me, this morning. I have thus used up my full quota of shock and consternation for some interval." I stared at him. "You made a *joke*." "I have heard this kind of thing may happen...” quote by Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/37c/robin-mckinley-1591_consternation_my-kind-vampires-does-not-surprise-easil_1654431.png)
