You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me…

“To be astonished at everything, of course, is silly, while to be astonished at nothing is much more handsome, and for some reason is…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.”

— Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover…

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

— Andre Maurois

I'm astonished at how readily a great many people I know, young people, have accepted a reduced economic prospect and limited freedoms in any…

— Jaron Lanier

When I saw the plane, I was absolutely astonished! Two emotions crashed over me: surging joy and crazy fear.

— Abby Sunderland

I was so astonished that another had penetrated so deeply into the secrets of my soul, and that he knew what I did not…

— Max Muller

“Her thoughts rambled, but she wasn’t daydreaming. Her senses were sharp. She caught the fall of every leaf in the garden, the rustle of…

— Kristin Cashore

Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.

— Edward Abbey

In Tasmania, an island the size of Ireland whose primeval forests astonished 19th-century Europeans, an incomprehensible ecological tragedy is being played out.

— Richard Flanagan

Her professors were astonished by her leaps of thought, by the finesse and elegance of her insights. She arrived at hypotheses by sheer intuition…

— Deborah Eisenberg

“The orb sat, exhausted and astonished.  In a thousand years and more—it had never been thanked for failure.”

— Debora Geary

Young people have the advantage because they have their whole lives open to be astonished.

— Daniel Libeskind

I am astonished, disappointed, pleased with myself. I am distressed, depressed, rapturous. I am all these things at once and cannot add up the…

— Carl Jung

There are times when phrases such as 'totally astonished' just don't do the job. I am of course delighted and honoured and, needless to…

— Terry Pratchett