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When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person. — Blaise Pascal
Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed. — Boris Pasternak
Audiences are quite happy to be astonished, and they don't care who does that astonishing. — Harold Prince
Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make. — David Lee Roth
Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it… — Baruch Spinoza
As for me, I would rather be a worm in a wild apple than a son of man. But we are what we are, and… — Robinson Jeffers
And when I look at a history book and think of the imaginative effort it has taken to squeeze this oozing world between two boards… — Jeanette Winterson
He said he would come in,' the White Queen went on, `because he was looking for a hippopotamus. Now, as it happened, there wasn't such… — Lewis Carroll
I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for their religion-- I have shuddered at it, I shudder no more. I could be martyred… — John Keats
And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend.… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. — Mary Oliver
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I… — Mark Twain
In the past few years I've assigned books to be read before a student attends one of my weeklong seminars. I have been astonished by… — Natalie Goldberg
She wondered whether there would ever come an hour in her life when she didn't think of him -- didn't speak to him in her… — Philip Pullman
...But also because I find I really do…" He paused, as if he were about to say something outrageous. "I find I have feelings for… — Charlaine Harris
Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Yet the only reason you believe that you were born is that your parents saw you emerge from the womb. They thought they witnessed the… — Deepak Chopra
I am very fond of the oyster shell. It is humble and awkward and ugly. It is slate-colored and unsymmetrical. Its form is not primarily… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
We are constantly being astonished these days at the amazing discoveries in the field of violence. But I maintain that far more undreamt of and… — Mahatma Gandhi
I cannot exist without you - I am forgetful of every thing but seeing you again - my Life seems to stop there - I… — John Keats
I am always chilled and astonished by the would-be writers who ask me for advice and admit, quite blithely, that they "don't have time to… — Stephen King
How do I look?" Amanda asked. Jack shook his head ruefully as he glanced at her. No one could mistake the remaining flush on her… — Lisa Kleypas
But I cannot forget that, at other times I have been deceived in sleep by similar illusions; and, attentively considering those cases, I perceive so… — Rene Descartes
She was astonished, and at the same time she knew. There were many things in life like that. You couldn’t imagine it, and then it… — Ann Brashares
When we learn to read the story of Jesus and see it as the story of the love of God, doing for us what we… — N. T. Wright

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