My kind [vampires] does not surprise easily," he said. "You surprised me, this morning. I have thus used up my full quota… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
What really shocks me, what I can honestly sit back and ponder for hours in a lot of cases is just, 'Why… — Ray William Johnson Copy Share Image
The International Brigades provided a shock force while the Republic trained and organized an army from an assemblage of individuals. The Spanish… — Bill Alexander Copy Share Image
The notion that the natural world obeys its own rules and doesn't give a damn about your expectations comes as a massive… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“It gave me a shock. A sudden shock of indescribable pain, like when you’re a kid, and you’re hit on the nose… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large,… — Daniel Yergin Copy Share Image
Consider the public. Never fear it nor despise it. Coax it, charm it, interest it, stimulate it, shock it now and then… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
Folks still remember the day ole Bob Riley came bouncing down that dirt road in his pickup. Pretty soon, it was bouncing… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
People accuse journalism of being too personal; but to me it has always seemed far too impersonal. It is charged with tearing… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
HE was standing across the street, staring at her with a look of shock and dismay. One look in Oliver's eyes and… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
If you purposefully look to shock people, it isn't funny. That's what 50 million dollar Hollywood comedies do; try to be shocking… — John Waters Copy Share Image
The Premier League is the No1 league in the world in many areas. The events, the shocks, the production, the viewing figures,… — Gary Neville Copy Share Image
Observation and theory get on best when they are mixed together, both helping one another in the pursuit of truth. It is… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
As the years go on, you see changes in yourself, but you've got to face that - everyone goes through it... Either… — Audrey Hepburn Copy Share Image
It was just such a complete shock to turn on the news one day and see someone that you know, someone you… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
Olympia was a town crawling with music. I was new to the whole punk scene. The culture shock continued; Olympia had bagels!… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
Children demand that their heroes should be freckle less, and easily believe them so: perhaps a first discovery to the contrary is… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
You kept talking but my ears said please stop. No warning, I just could not move at all. I was in a… — Jenna Bognar Copy Share Image
“Her eyes were full of a hot liquid (she did not think of tears at first) which, without disturbing the firmness of… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Uh, the Council," I said. "Big shock, they aren't helping." Murphy looked like she might be asleep, but she snorted. "So we're… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“The shock was akin to that of buying, out of duty, a novel written by a dull and uninspired acquaintance and finding… — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
I think it's part of the responsibility of an artist to shock, to upset, to make people think differently, and to surprise… — Bill Plympton Copy Share Image
The Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939, a traumatic shock to me, ended any ambivalence I had about the Soviet Union, and all cooperation… — Roger Nash Baldwin Copy Share Image
Be as delicate as possible. If communication accomplishes something on the gross but damages something on the level of feeling then it… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
“If looks could kill right then, Jason had no doubt he would’ve been lying flat on the ground with an expression of… — Julie James Copy Share Image
Indeed, everything was a shock at the beginning. The wash machines, dryers, dishwashers, garbage disposal machines, juicers, toasters, and yes, the ATM… — Li Cunxin Copy Share Image
“Death was an inverse Big Bang; an impossible magic trick where everything had become nothing in the very same instant, where one… — Belinda Bauer Copy Share Image
It's a shock for me to go through and see all those years of painting my life, which is very personal for… — Andrew Wyeth Copy Share Image
I get to play characters that kind of shock people and I enjoy doing that. I like characters that have meaning and… — Alexa Vega Copy Share Image
I was just a kid. I think I stole a candy bar. I remember feeling so terrible. It was the worst shock.… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
When you are 'bad' in the art world they are very very scared! They want to control you... and they can't! Individuality… — Laurence Gartel Copy Share Image
No matter how hard we try words simply cannot express the horror, the shock, and the revulsion we all feel over what… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on,… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
The shock of the new after the biggest upset in American political history, this unforgettable, once unimaginable image Donald Trump side by… — George Stephanopoulos Copy Share Image
Sometimes the words against a selfish have to be sharp, straight and blunt; it is very much like after the failure of… — Anuj Copy Share Image
Everything wrong with America led to the point where the country built that tower of Babel, which consequently had to be destroyed.… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
It's not like the original movie where you thought it was the mother committing the murders, but it was actually the son.… — Joseph Stefano Copy Share Image
Safe from the Neighbors is a novel of unusual richness and depth, one that's as wise about the small shocks within a… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
It's funny how something so normal and mundane that you see every day-your body-can be controversial. The shock value is intense. It's… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
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