coup de foudre. A bolt of lightning

My name is Bolt, Lightning Bolt.

— Usain Bolt

“Elphaba concentrated on the first Oompa-Loompa on the left. “ Iskviesti Zaibo !” A bolt of lightning seemed to come from everywhere and zapped…

— Abramelin Keldor

“He said, I always thought the woman I’d marry would hit me easy, in a bolt of lightning, and there is not lightning there…

— Aimee Bender

“Inside, just visible, was a baby boy, fast asleep. Under a tuft of jet-black hair over his forehead they could see a curiously shaped…

— J. K. Rowling

The uniformity of earth's life, more astonishing than its diversity, is accountable by the high probability that we derived, originally, from some single cell,…

— Lewis Thomas

I was raised as a Catholic, but I got up to go to church because I thought I'd be hit by a bolt of…

— Chuck Feeney

“In that moment, the gravity of his situation struck like a bolt of lightning.”

— Anonymous

“realized that people's reactions had more to do with them, more to do with who they were, than anything about me. It was like…

— Mia Sheridan

“I may as well shackle my wrist to a bolt of lightning as attach myself to a mortal.”

— Jessica Khoury

A near-hit bolt of lightning can create a lot more Christian thinking than a long-winded sermon.

— Duane Dewel

You always think that a bolt of lightning is going to strike and your parents will magically change into the people you wish they…

— Nora Ephron

The essential thing is to spring forth, to express the bolt of lightning one senses upon contact with a thing. The function of the…

— Henri Matisse

“You get into a habit of low expectations, which gives you a sort of contentment. You go through life as if through a mist,…

— William Lashner

“One corner of his mouth twitched. “Should I consider that a warning?” “Just don’t be surprised if you find yourself riding a bolt of…

— Larissa Ione

Today's action hero, his skills are through technology. He can fly, he can throw a bolt of lightning, he can freeze people.

— Sylvester Stallone