[Janco] paused. His eyes held a distant gleam as if seeing into his past. 'My first practice was a shock. I was… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
We are so accustomed to the apparently rational nature of our world that we can scarcely imagine anything happening that cannot be… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Great tragedies have great consequences. They ripple through the fabric of this world and the next. When the loss is too great… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“Eejit,” Ian said. “What did ye tell her that for? Now she thinks ye’re a Jew.” Jamie’s mouth fell open in shock.… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
You may have succeeded in shutting down the attack simulation, girl, but it was by luck alone, not skill. I would die… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Most of the reasons for late-term abortions have to do with severe fetal deformities, but when I found out that dwarfism was… — John H Richardson Copy Share Image
Perhaps we might, within the anatomy of our imaginations, think once more of the naked body as a vessel of grace, taste… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
I had been in the technology business for so long, I had seen the PC-bubble come and burst, I had seen the… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
Catching sight of himself in the long mirrors that ran along the walls, he stiffened in shock...His eyes were surrounded by black… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Every time I do anything, I have to ask myself: Is it a good role, and is it right to do it?… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
Such techniques, including meta-discursive stuff, self-reference, irony, black humor, cynicism, grotesquerie and shock, it would be safe to say that television or… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
HE was standing across the street, staring at her with a look of shock and dismay. One look in Oliver's eyes and… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
If you purposefully look to shock people, it isn't funny. That's what 50 million dollar Hollywood comedies do; try to be shocking… — John Waters Copy Share Image
It was just such a complete shock to turn on the news one day and see someone that you know, someone you… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
As the years go on, you see changes in yourself, but you've got to face that - everyone goes through it... Either… — Audrey Hepburn Copy Share Image
The Premier League is the No1 league in the world in many areas. The events, the shocks, the production, the viewing figures,… — Gary Neville Copy Share Image
The raw beauty of Natalia Ginzburg’s prose compels our gaze. First we look inward, with the shock of recognition inspired by all… — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Great upheavals produce shock waves that widen cracks in political, economic, and security orders. Sometimes the old orders break. Yet it can… — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
The type of religion which rejoices in the pious sound of traditional phrases, regardless of their meanings, or shrinks from "controversial" matters,… — John Gresham Machen Copy Share Image
It was a huge shock. I've never had hair that short in my life! I think the rest of the cast and… — Camilla Belle Copy Share Image
Everything wrong with America led to the point where the country built that tower of Babel, which consequently had to be destroyed.… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
Safe from the Neighbors is a novel of unusual richness and depth, one that's as wise about the small shocks within a… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
It's not like the original movie where you thought it was the mother committing the murders, but it was actually the son.… — Joseph Stefano Copy Share Image
Sometimes the words against a selfish have to be sharp, straight and blunt; it is very much like after the failure of… — Anuj Copy Share Image
The shock of the new after the biggest upset in American political history, this unforgettable, once unimaginable image Donald Trump side by… — George Stephanopoulos Copy Share Image
It's funny how something so normal and mundane that you see every day-your body-can be controversial. The shock value is intense. It's… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
It's not Cam's fault," Bex told her. "We rigged her bed so that if she gets up, I get an electric shock."… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
I'm starting to get older, and began to think about mortality a little more. My mother died in 2003 and that was… — Donald Fagen Copy Share Image
Let all who build beware The load, the shock, the pressure Material can bear. So, when the buckled girder Lets down the… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“I drew a deep breath, trying to think of something to say, then pulled a handkerchief from my pocket and gave it… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“But I can't help thinking of the shock I felt when I finally realised it was winter, on exiting Mizuko's apartment. The… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
That's also why comedy and horror are my two favorite genres of film to write, because you get these outbursts of emotion… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
They say shock therapy is good for some things, but it didn't do me any good. It was a pretty primitive treatment… — Don Everly Copy Share Image
Laughter lifts our spirits, surprises and sometime shocks our expectations, allows us to cross boundaries, reorders our priorities, and gives us access… — Jean Houston Copy Share Image
Anybody who instantly goes from being a poet and a graduate student to being a public figure has to be in a… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
To sit in solemn silence on a dull, dark dock in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock awaiting the sensation of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He bent down to her; their mouths met again, and the shock of sensation was so strong, so overpowering, that she shut… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I have been doing this since I was 10 years old. It wasn't like I was an overnight hit. I think when… — Eliza Dushku Copy Share Image
“I’ve seen daggers pierce the chest, Children dying in the road, Crawling things hooked and baited, Rapists bound and then castrated, Villains… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
I wish I had a memory of that first violent shove, the shock of cold air, the sting of oxygen into new… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
![“[Janco] paused. His eyes held a distant gleam as if seeing into his past. 'My first practice was a shock. I was a cocky smart aleck--' [Opal] 'Was?' [J] 'Be quiet. I'm telling a story here.” quote by Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/461/maria-v-snyder-1261_cocky_janco-paused-his-eyes-held-a-distant-gle_3082585.png)
