Shock Quotes

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To survive, to avert what we have termed future shock, the individual must become infinitely more adaptable and capable than ever before. We must search… — Alvin Toffler
There you are, diligently swimming a straight line, minding the form of your strokes, when you look up and see, always a shock, the currents… — Julia Glass
People are always a little disconcerted when you don't recognize them, they are so important to themselves, it is a shock to discover of what… — W. Somerset Maugham
Nothing can be sadder or more profound than to see a thousand things for the first and last time. To journey is to be born… — Victor Hugo
Who burns me and shocks me and shatters me with a single touch. — Kami Garcia
I never trusted any man not to find someone else; to stay with me if he had another option. to not find something in me… — Dorothy Koomson
...people don't respect the morning. An alarm clock violently wakes them up, shatters their sleep like the blow of an ax, and they immediately surrender… — Milan Kundera
Alec had his arms around Magnus and was kissing him, full on the mouth. Magnus, who appeared to be in a state of shock, stood… — Cassandra Clare
The city was bigger than its buildings, bigger than its inhabitants too. It had its own nuances. It accepted whatever came its way, the crime… — Colum McCann
I'm the new Oberjarl." I knew it," said Halt instantly, and the other three looked at him, totally scandalized. You did?" Erak asked, his voice… — John Flanagan
You do care a little for me, I know... but nothing to speak of, and you don't love me. I was yours once till death… — E. M. Forster
Uh, the Council," I said. "Big shock, they aren't helping." Murphy looked like she might be asleep, but she snorted. "So we're on our own."… — Jim Butcher
Iâ€™m a little worried about Edwardâ€¦ Can vampires go into shock? Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.129 — Stephenie Meyer
You guys didn't really think you could go off on a party weekend without me, did you? Especially here of all placesâ€”" He froze and… — Richelle Mead
Nobody knows much about women, not even Freud, not even women themselves. But it's like electricity: you don't need to know how it works to… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on, substantially unchanged, until… — George F. Kennan
Blessed be shock. Blessed be the part of us that protects us from too much pain and sorrow. At the heart of life is a… — Yann Martel
And then she moved from shock to grief the way she might enter another room. — Anita Shreve
You know â€” we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We… — Kurt Vonnegut
But nowadays everybody's a comedian, even the weather girls and continuity announcers. We laugh at everything. Not intelligently anymore, not with sudden shock, astonishment, or… — Douglas Adams

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