I suppose the shock of recognition is one of the nastiest shocks of all. — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“Maybe I feel like I need to witness a good dose of human nature at its worst before I enter the real… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
Imagine if you succeeded in making the world perfect for your children what a shock the rest of life would be for… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and even less that shocks… — Ed Rollins Copy Share Image
“I just gave up one day. Around the time the news about toxic shock came out. I thought, Fuck me, man, I… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
Blessed be shock. Blessed be the part of us that protects us from too much pain and sorrow. At the heart of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page. — Julia Child Copy Share Image
All the success has come as a huge shock, because most famous people you see just seem born into that world. — Rhod Gilbert Copy Share Image
Those who give the first shock to a state are the first overwhelmed in its ruin; the fruits of public commotion are… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Scared ya, did I? Aw, that's sweet. Don't worry the shocks won't kill me," she whispered. "They only make me stronger. Anyway,… — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
To become a doctor, you spend so much time in the tunnels of preparation - head down, trying not to screw up,… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
Oh, my goodness, when you're a mother and you just give birth to a child with spina bifida and - or Down's… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Sorrow comes with so many defense mechanisms. You have your shock, your denial, your getting wasted, your cracking jokes, and your religion.… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
My first job on the radio was writing jokes for a Baltimore DJ called Johnny Walker, who was sort of a '70s… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I believe a person of any fine feeling scarcely ever sees a new face without a sensation akin to a shock, for… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“Bystander characters with no medical experience can be forgiven for this mistake. But hearing any kind of medical professional look at someone… — Samantha Keel Copy Share Image
“And here's the shock -- when you risk it, when you do the right thing, when you arrive at the borders of… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Hickory dickory dock my daddy’s nuts from shell shock. Humpty dumpty thought he was wise till gas came along and burned out… — Dalton Trumbo Copy Share Image
“I am made to think, not for the first time, that in my writing I have plunged ahead-head-on, heedlessly one might say-or… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“I don't know,' he said irritably. 'Is it meant to improve you?' She swiveled toward him, eyes wide with shock. 'Because nothing… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
What a joy it is to read a book that shocks one into remembering just how high one's literary standards should be.…… — Noah Richler Copy Share Image
Our dangers, as it seems to me, are not from the outrageous but from the conforming; not from those who rarely and… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
I got Twin Peaks, and the part was basically written for me, which was a really big shock. I think everything really… — Sherilyn Fenn Copy Share Image
Six months after 9/11, Jean-Marie Le Pen was almost elected president of France. There were a number of leaders and a number… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
if you are perfectly willing to shock an individual verbally, the next thing you will be doing is to shock him practically. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being… — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire. It never happened. — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't know the culture shock of how you can be in a rich area and then be in… — Wiz Khalifa Copy Share Image
“I recovered from every shock of life's despair because God was merciful enough to restore me .” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Life has changed into a timeless succession of shocks, interspaced with empty, paralysed intervals. — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
