Stars open among the lilies. Are you not blinded by such…

“Stars open among the lilies. Are you not blinded by such expressionless sirens? This is the silence of astounded souls. --from "Crossing the Water",…

— Sylvia Plath

I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.

— Woody Allen

“Elizabeth was astounded, and immediately colored. "Put down those damn crayons and look at me!" Darcy commanded.”

— William Codpiece Thwackery

“He was astounded, sometimes, by the fluid articulacy of his own fury.”

— Louisa Young

“We are sometimes astounded by the behavior of emotional outlaws, as they act in line with their own standards, but proceed like bulls-in-a-china-shop, create…

— Erik Pevernagie

“gaze. It had been a rhetorical question, and she was astounded”

— Robert K. Tanenbaum

I always am astounded at how willing Steve was to share all about himself. And sometimes he got criticized for it. But he was…

— Terri Irwin

The women of the French Resistance astounded me. Isabelle and Vianne [from The Nightingale] are my homage to those brave and forgotten women.

— Megan Chance

I'm still astounded by some people's reaction to things I consider quite normal.

— Jean Paul Gaultier

Oh, how great is the goodness of God, greater than we can understand. There are moments and there are mysteries of the divine mercy…

— Mary Faustina Kowalska

“I am astounded at how long it takes to discover... for the first time, the things I have learned... over and over again all…

— Portia Nelson

I'm not over-fond of animals. I am merely astounded by them.

— David Attenborough

I don't have to pad my resume. Normal people are astounded by my resume, because normal people never let their dreams get beyond their…

— John Layfield

Now I have been studying very closely what happens every day in the courts in Boston, Massachusetts. You would be astounded--maybe you wouldn't, maybe…

— Howard Zinn

Notes for a ballet, The Spell: ... Suddenly Sigmund hears the flutter of wings, and a group of wild swans flies across the moon…

— Woody Allen