--- title: "23 Flinched Quotes by 22 authors" description: "Browse 23 Flinched quotes by 22 authors. Discover the best Flinched sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/gun-brooke-75754_quote_what-eileen-flinched-i-am-not-cute-21574_2157456.jpg" --- > [“What?” EiLeen flinched. “I am not cute.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gun-brooke/what-eileen-flinched-i-am-not-cute/) [Gun Brooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gun-brooke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/gun-brooke-75754_quote_what-eileen-flinched-i-am-not-cute-21574_2157456.jpg) > [“A man is only as good as what he loves most, right?”  I flinched.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarryn-fisher/a-man-is-only-as-good-as-what-he-loves-most-right-i-flinched/) [Tarryn Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarryn-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/tarryn-fisher-380_love_a-man-is-only-as-good-as-what-he-loves-m_345509.png) > [“Startled, I flinched "What are you doing?" "Keeping you from going postal." "You're doing it wrong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-b-gregg/startled-i-flinched-what-are-you-doing-keeping-you-from-going-postal/) [L.B. Gregg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-b-gregg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe5/l-b-gregg-65912_startled_startled-i-flinched-what-are-you-doing-k_2711583.jpg) > [“Cutler ground his teeth. She flinched if he came near her, but the beast got a feel-me-up. Okay,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siera-london/cutler-ground-his-teeth-she-flinched-if-he-came-near-her-but-the/) [Siera London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siera-london/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/siera-london-62972_flinched_cutler-ground-his-teeth-she-flinched-if_3201409.jpg) > [Then she took out a speculum the size of a milk shake machine. Even Michelle Duggar would have flinched at this thing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-fey/then-she-took-out-a-speculum-the-size-of-a-milk-shake-machine-even/) [Tina Fey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-fey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a37/tina-fey-484_computers_then-she-took-out-a-speculum-the-size-of_1128850.jpg) > [“Leave my father alone!” Her voice had power she hadn’t known she possessed. The dragon flinched almost as if she’d struck him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivienne-savage/leave-my-father-alone-her-voice-had-power-she-hadn-t-known-she/) [Vivienne Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vivienne-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/vivienne-savage-906_dragon_leave-my-father-alone-her-voice-had-powe_2549727.jpg) > [“His strength, his speed, his valor, all his hard-won skill . . . it was worth less than a mummer’s fart, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/his-strength-his-speed-his-valor-all-his-hard-won-skill-it-was-worth/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fb/george-r-r-martin-48_courage_his-strength-his-speed-his-valor-all-his_914742.png) > [“Nothing could have prepared her. She flinched. Scars, distorted flesh like someone had filleted his skin. Little was left that had made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-a-grey/nothing-could-have-prepared-her-she-flinched-scars-distorted-flesh/) [T.A. Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-a-grey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c2/t-a-grey-30871_quote_nothing-could-have-prepared-her-she-flin_1380915.jpg) > [“The girl flinched, even lying down. Mary continued through gritted teeth. “Murder can’t be walked away from. Just like you can’t walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rowland/the-girl-flinched-even-lying-down-mary-continued-through-gritted/) [Susan Rowland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rowland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/susan-rowland-32047_action_the-girl-flinched-even-lying-down-mary-c_982423.jpg) > [“At first, the pinpricks felt like hot fly bites down the soft white skin over her spine and along her shoulders. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-gischler/at-first-the-pinpricks-felt-like-hot-fly-bites-down-the-soft-white/) [Victor Gischler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-gischler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/victor-gischler-36365_first-time_at-first-the-pinpricks-felt-like-hot-fly_904315.jpg) > [“She flinched when I did it, and that involuntary response of hers satisfied me in some small, cheap way. I never claimed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/she-flinched-when-i-did-it-and-that-involuntary-response-of-hers/) [Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/wally-lamb-1817_flinched_she-flinched-when-i-did-it-and-that-invo_2161994.jpg) > [“Retreating from a furious older man was so instinctive Neil didn't realize he'd flinched until Wymack froze. Wymack's face went almost dangerously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-sakavic/retreating-from-a-furious-older-man-was-so-instinctive-neil-didn-t/) [Nora Sakavic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-sakavic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3d/nora-sakavic-1309_flinched_retreating-from-a-furious-older-man-was_430908.jpg) > [“Because what if you did let someone in? And what if they saw everything, and still walked away? Who could blame them—who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/because-what-if-you-did-let-someone-in-and-what-if-they-saw/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/sarah-j-maas-58_crying_because-what-if-you-did-let-someone-in-a_1346922.png) > [“Cash looked at her, square in the eye, and his jaw twitched. She flinched, then braced herself. For what, she wasn’t sure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/summer-hines/cash-looked-at-her-square-in-the-eye-and-his-jaw-twitched-she/) [Summer Hines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/summer-hines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/summer-hines-49407_heartbreak_cash-looked-at-her-square-in-the-eye-and_795020.jpg) > [“I saw him trying to struggle and call out. But because of the robe, he could not move and his voice could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colm-toibin/i-saw-him-trying-to-struggle-and-call-out-but-because-of-the-robe-he/) [Colm Tóibín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colm-toibin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/344/colm-toibin-3377_agamemnon_i-saw-him-trying-to-struggle-and-call-ou_2689969.jpg) > [“He charged at me, grabbing me by the neck. I flinched as he lifted me slightly off the ground. The witch just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dari-a-malaunt/he-charged-at-me-grabbing-me-by-the-neck-i-flinched-as-he-lifted-me/) [Dari A. Malaunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dari-a-malaunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/509/dari-a-malaunt-24144_demon-romance_he-charged-at-me-grabbing-me-by-the-neck_2916677.jpg) > [Marie clasped her hands together and looked vulnerable. Payne flinched. “The only time you don’t tell me something is when you think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-foglio/marie-clasped-her-hands-together-and-looked-vulnerable-payne-flinched/) [Phil Foglio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-foglio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93b/phil-foglio-30822_casts_marie-clasped-her-hands-together-and-loo_2592021.jpg) > [“Nico flinched and pain flickered within his green eyes. He struck the wall next to my head, causing me to jump. “I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/nico-flinched-and-pain-flickered-within-his-green-eyes-he-struck-the/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/penny-reid-1063_green-eyes_nico-flinched-and-pain-flickered-within_2331605.jpg) > [“Okay? Okay ?" People in the hall stared at us. I realized I was practically shouting. "He's out of his mind. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/okay-okay-people-in-the-hall-stared-at-us-i-realized-i-was/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/richelle-mead-46_lissa_okay-okay-people-in-the-hall-stared-at-u_1667459.jpg) > [Raphael lifted a finger, tracing it over her cheekbone. She flinched. Not because he was hurting her. The opposite. The places he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalini-singh/raphael-lifted-a-finger-tracing-it-over-her-cheekbone-she-flinched/) [Nalini Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalini-singh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/nalini-singh-293_direct_raphael-lifted-a-finger-tracing-it-over_2400727.png) > [“The laughter left his eyes. He caught her chin and turned her face, his gaze tracing the faint bruise on her cheek.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/the-laughter-left-his-eyes-he-caught-her-chin-and-turned-her-face-his/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/catherine-anderson-308_quote_the-laughter-left-his-eyes-he-caught-her_1847958.jpg) > [Marc/Faythe/Jace love triangle moment: "This isn't about you…" "Well, it should be!" he shouted, and I flinched. "Everything I do is about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-vincent/marc-faythe-jace-love-triangle-moment-this-isn-t-about-you-well-it/) [Rachel Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-vincent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/rachel-vincent-677_being-true_marc-faythe-jace-love-triangle-moment-th_2413993.jpg) > [“This isn't about you…" "Well, it should be!" he shouted, and I flinched. "Everything I do is about you, and I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-vincent/this-isn-t-about-you-well-it-should-be-he-shouted-and-i-flinched/) [Rachel Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-vincent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/rachel-vincent-677_doing-right_this-isn-t-about-you-well-it-should-be-h_2352138.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flinched/#itemlist", "name": "Flinched Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What?” EiLeen flinched. “I am not cute.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gun Brooke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gun-brooke/what-eileen-flinched-i-am-not-cute/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/gun-brooke-75754_quote_what-eileen-flinched-i-am-not-cute-21574_2157456.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/gun-brooke-75754_quote_what-eileen-flinched-i-am-not-cute-21574_2157456.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/gun-brooke-75754_quote_what-eileen-flinched-i-am-not-cute-21574_2157456.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What?” EiLeen flinched. “I am not cute.” — Gun Brooke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A man is only as good as what he loves most, right?”  I flinched.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tarryn Fisher" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarryn-fisher/a-man-is-only-as-good-as-what-he-loves-most-right-i-flinched/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/tarryn-fisher-380_love_a-man-is-only-as-good-as-what-he-loves-m_345509.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/tarryn-fisher-380_love_a-man-is-only-as-good-as-what-he-loves-m_345509.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/tarryn-fisher-380_love_a-man-is-only-as-good-as-what-he-loves-m_345509.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A man is only as good as what he loves most, right?” I flinched.” — Tarryn Fisher", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Startled, I flinched \"What are you doing?\" \"Keeping you from going postal.\" \"You're doing it wrong.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "L.B. 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Richard can’t protect you if Viktor believes you have his babies.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Susan Rowland" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rowland/the-girl-flinched-even-lying-down-mary-continued-through-gritted/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/susan-rowland-32047_action_the-girl-flinched-even-lying-down-mary-c_982423.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/susan-rowland-32047_action_the-girl-flinched-even-lying-down-mary-c_982423.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/susan-rowland-32047_action_the-girl-flinched-even-lying-down-mary-c_982423.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The girl flinched, even lying down. 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Payne flinched. “The only time you don’t tell me something is when you think it’s dangerous, because being a fragile, sheltered noblewoman, I might faint at the thought of experiencing physical harm like a common person.” She sighed, and seemingly from nowhere, produced an enormous cast-iron frying pan easily one hundred centimeters in diameter. “And then,” she said sadly, “I have to damage one of the good pans by smacking it against your thick, common skull until you tell me—", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Phil Foglio" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-foglio/marie-clasped-her-hands-together-and-looked-vulnerable-payne-flinched/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93b/phil-foglio-30822_casts_marie-clasped-her-hands-together-and-loo_2592021.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93b/phil-foglio-30822_casts_marie-clasped-her-hands-together-and-loo_2592021.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93b/phil-foglio-30822_casts_marie-clasped-her-hands-together-and-loo_2592021.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Marie clasped her hands together and looked vulnerable. 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I’m playing games with you and I’m playing dirty because I want you, I need you, to be with you, to hear your voice, your laugh, to hold you, to touch you . . .”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Penny Reid" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/nico-flinched-and-pain-flickered-within-his-green-eyes-he-struck-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/penny-reid-1063_green-eyes_nico-flinched-and-pain-flickered-within_2331605.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/penny-reid-1063_green-eyes_nico-flinched-and-pain-flickered-within_2331605.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/penny-reid-1063_green-eyes_nico-flinched-and-pain-flickered-within_2331605.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nico flinched and pain flickered within his green eyes. 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Are you guys…you know?…” \"No!\" she insisted. \"I told you that already.God.\" She shot me a look of disgust. \"Not everyone thinks—and acts—like you.” I flinched at the words.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richelle Mead" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/okay-okay-people-in-the-hall-stared-at-us-i-realized-i-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/richelle-mead-46_lissa_okay-okay-people-in-the-hall-stared-at-u_1667459.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/richelle-mead-46_lissa_okay-okay-people-in-the-hall-stared-at-u_1667459.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/richelle-mead-46_lissa_okay-okay-people-in-the-hall-stared-at-u_1667459.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Okay? Okay ?\" People in the hall stared at us. 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But she refused to pull away, refused to give in.\" (page 33 , Gollancz edition)", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nalini Singh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalini-singh/raphael-lifted-a-finger-tracing-it-over-her-cheekbone-she-flinched/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/nalini-singh-293_direct_raphael-lifted-a-finger-tracing-it-over_2400727.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/nalini-singh-293_direct_raphael-lifted-a-finger-tracing-it-over_2400727.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/nalini-singh-293_direct_raphael-lifted-a-finger-tracing-it-over_2400727.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Raphael lifted a finger, tracing it over her cheekbone. She flinched. Not because he was hurting her. 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Very quick.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/the-laughter-left-his-eyes-he-caught-her-chin-and-turned-her-face-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/catherine-anderson-308_quote_the-laughter-left-his-eyes-he-caught-her_1847958.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/catherine-anderson-308_quote_the-laughter-left-his-eyes-he-caught-her_1847958.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/catherine-anderson-308_quote_the-laughter-left-his-eyes-he-caught-her_1847958.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The laughter left his eyes. 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You should taste like me...\" He was on me before I could even catch my breath...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rachel Vincent" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-vincent/marc-faythe-jace-love-triangle-moment-this-isn-t-about-you-well-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/rachel-vincent-677_being-true_marc-faythe-jace-love-triangle-moment-th_2413993.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/rachel-vincent-677_being-true_marc-faythe-jace-love-triangle-moment-th_2413993.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/rachel-vincent-677_being-true_marc-faythe-jace-love-triangle-moment-th_2413993.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Marc/Faythe/Jace love triangle moment: \"This isn't about you…\" \"Well, it should be!\" he shouted, and I…” — Rachel Vincent", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 23, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This isn't about you…\" \"Well, it should be!\" he shouted, and I flinched. \"Everything I do is about you, and I want the reverse to be true, too.\" I wiped more tears, my throat aching with words that would only make this worse. \"What, you need a reminder? 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