Reminding people what in reality it is all about, giving them a theme on which to ponder, creating a shock within them,… — Antoni Tapies Copy Share Image
Words, for all they were flimsy and invisible, had great strength. They could be fortified as a castle wall and sharp as… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace. Style and personality are irrelevant. They can be formal or… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
You don't want to shock them and do something totally opposite, but you also want to play a different character. — Ray Romano Copy Share Image
His (Swami Vivekananda) words are great music, phrases in the style of Beethoven, stirring rhythms like the march of Handel choruses. I… — Romain Rolland 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
In one was, I suppose, I have been "in denial" for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“After a great blow, or crisis, after the first shock and then after the nerves have stopped screaming and twitching, you settle… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
Isn't it curious how one has only to open a book of verse to realise immediately that it was written by a… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
One day,' Orest said, looking at him comically, 'you will say something that is less than practical and sensible, something that is… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
Let all who build beware The load, the shock, the pressure Material can bear. So, when the buckled girder Lets down the… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“Tell me, Eric,” he said, licking a droplet from the corner of his mouth. “Have you ever tasted blood?” My mouth was… — Melika Dannese Lux 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
It's one of the functions of the theater to shock and titillate and appall, apart from entertain and delight. — Jacki Weaver Copy Share Image
Nothing shocks our moral feelings so deeply as cruelty does. We can forgive every other crime, but not cruelty. The reason for… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Just as the body goes into shock after a physical trauma, so does the human psyche go into shock after the impact… — Anne Grant Copy Share Image
Madonna's not the best singer in the world, but she was awesome with her entertainment and all of her shock tactics and… — Joss Stone Copy Share Image
You saved me, Eve." He watched her blink in absolute shock. "What you are, what I feel for you, what we are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and… — Francesca Annis Copy Share Image
“It was not a monster that lay sleeping on the white sheets. Nor a faceless horror. Nor even the white bear. It… — Edith Pattou Copy Share Image
It is very hard now to shock people into thinking about government regulation and the extent of government involvement in life. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
In the first phase of shock over, say, your mortgage being called in or your job washed out, it's essential to engage… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Shock waves to a tired brain, sends that hungry lady to my door again. She's my shelter from the storm when I… — Elton John Copy Share Image
