Jerked Quotes

42 quotes by 38 authors

She jerked away from me like a startled fawn might, if I had a startled fawn and it jerked away from me. — Raymond Chandler
I can't turn around without hearing about some 'civil rights advance'! White people seem to think the black ought to be shouting 'hallelujah'! Four hundred… — Malcolm X
He was skinning a bear. I was terrified at first, because the corpse resembled a naked man quartered between two trees. He'd created a deadfall… — Dave Cook
No one would choose to be jerked randomly off task again and again until you have half a dozen things you're trying to get done,… — Marilyn vos Savant
The war has jerked us pretty sharply into consciousness about this slug-a-bed sin of Sloth, and perhaps we need not say too much about it.… — Dorothy L. Sayers
Life is like an elevator, a lot of ups and downs. People pushing your buttons and getting jerked around. — LeCrae
After a while of getting jerked around, you realize what the business is really made up of. — Tori Amos
All of my own impulses to balance and move seemed to conflict with those of the guards, and I was jerked and jostled down the… — Megan Whalen Turner
[Roland] jerked back too fast to see, and his fist was suddenly connecting with my chin. I didn't pass out, but my body went limp.… — Laurell K. Hamilton
All travel is circular. I had been jerked through Asia, making a parabola on one of the planet's hemispheres. After all, the grand tour is… — Paul Theroux
Do you question my authority? I am the headmistress of Evernight!" It was Balthazar who answered her by casually slinging his crossbow back upon his… — Claudia Gray
You will remember when a bird crashed through the window and fell to the floor. You will remember, those of you who were there, how… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Demon?â€ Gwen gasped out. Her back jerked ramrod-straight, and her face leeched of color. â€œDid you just say demon?â€ Oh, uhâ€¦did I say that?â€ Strider… — Gena Showalter
I moistened my lips. His gaze fixed on them. I think I stopped breathing. He jerked so sharply away that his long dark coat sliced… — Karen Marie Moning
And now I realize Lindsay's not fearless. She's terrified. She's terrified that people will find out she's faking, bullshitting her way through life, pretending to… — Lauren Oliver
He pulled away the glove, and at the first glimpse of her fragile, white hand, all thoughts of negotiation fled. "I don't see how matters… — Loretta Chase
Pierce jerked his hand from Trent and pushed himself straight. â€œKalamack Industries,â€ he said, expression twisted as he wiped his hand on his pants. â€œI… — Kim Harrison
Soooo," Arriane said. "Now you've met Randy." "I thought his name was Cam." "We're not talking about him," Arriane said quickly. "I mean the she-man… — Lauren Kate
Deftly whipping a small tuning fork from his pocket, he struck it smartly against a pillar and held it next to Jamie's left ear. Jamie… — Diana Gabaldon
Like a battalion of marines at roll call, her neck hairs marshaled to five-alarm status. She stumbled back to her desk, jerked open the botton… — Lori Wilde

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