She said one word that captured it all: ihrab, escape. I…

“Even as I learned to name the plants -- dogwood, five-fingered fern, mugwort -- I was stunned by the failure of language to reflect…

— Katharine Haake

To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another--that is surely the basic instinct. Baser even than hate, the thing with teeth, which can…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“It’s lovely, like the moment of stunned disbelief immediately after you finally snap and tell the world’s most annoying office-mate to shut the fuck…

— Charles Stross

“The dog next-door had settled down, and the neighbourhood seemed stunned by this event occurring in our backyard. It was like it could sense…

— Markus Zusak

“Kendra felt stunned. She had been cuddling and flirting with the son of the Fairy Queen?”

— Brandon Mull

There have been some terrible winters in Chicago, where it feels like I'm literally being punched in the face, and everyone walks around looking…

— Cecily Strong

One time I completely thought I'd turned into a werewolf and was sure I could see hairs sprouting from my face. At those times…

— Beth Orton

I can tell you, Obamacare, I have been stunned by the pratfalls associated with its implementation. I simply can't understand how a president that…

— Mitt Romney

Health experts working on a union backed screening program to detect bladder cancer in a Georgia chemical plant were stunned when the local (ACS)…

— Jack Anderson

“I look up momentarily stunned, then angry. What the Hell is that dirtbag doing here?”

— Annie Brewer

I had a gig in Sweden. There were thousands of people there, and when I launched into 'I'm Yours,' they were all singing along.…

— Jason Mraz

We're stunned by the diversity of rocks. This stuff looks like it was put into a blender.

— Steven Squyres

Dejardins was so stunned, he momentarily forgot how to speak English. "Ce n'est pas possible. On ne pourrait pas-

— Rick Riordan

I've been playing videogames since before my career in this business, but what happened is several videogame companies were recruiting students back then and…

— Yoko Shimomura

“I was stunned by the unexpected electricity that flowed through me, amazed that it was possible to be more aware of him than I…

— Stephenie Meyer