Shock Quotes
783 quotes by 679 authors
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Sorrow comes with so many defense mechanisms. You have your shock, your denial, your getting wasted, your cracking jokes, and your religion. You also have…
— Emily Giffin
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I am looking for the human who admits his flaws Who shocks the adversary By being kinder not stronger What would that be like? We…
— Naomi Shihab Nye
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He bent down to her; their mouths met again, and the shock of sensation was so strong, so overpowering, that she shut her eyes against…
— Cassandra Clare
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Oh no, Nick" Jaime said in tones of supremely unconvincing shock, "how could you? When my back was turned for one momement. And my food…
— Sarah Rees Brennan
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At the moment, he is in shock," said Magnus. "He has believed one thing for five years, and now he has realized that all this…
— Cassandra Clare
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Just where do you think you are going, Arya?' the septa demanded. Arya glared at her. 'I have to go shoe a horse,' she said…
— George R. R. Martin
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Thank you, Dain," she said. "I should like that very much. I've never seen a proper wrestling match before." "I daresay it will be a…
— Loretta Chase
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Why did I not die? More miserable than man ever was before, why did I not sink into forgetfulness and rest? Death snatches away many…
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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...and the renewed shock had nearly made him spill his drink. He drained it quickly before anything serious happened to it. He then had another…
— Douglas Adams
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I followed him up the stairs. I was a fornicator, of unnatural appetite, in thrall to an Atheist. I repeated the words in my head…
— Maria McCann
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You see. No shock. No engulfment. No tearing assunder. What you feared would come like an explosion is like a whisper. What you thought was…
— Rod Serling
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It's a pretty big shock to realise that the only people you can identify with are psychopathic killers.
— Dan Wells
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A light was on in the kitchen. His mother sat at the kitchen table, as still as a statue. Her hands were clasped together, and…
— Suzanne Collins
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He had had a severe shock some weeks earlier, when, having narrowly failed to capture a large grey-brown hare for his dinner, it had stopped…
— Neil Gaiman
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It's good to see you," Said Haru. "You can see me?" asked Marcus, patting himself in sudden shock."The potion must have worn off! That's the…
— Dan Wells
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You saved me, Eve." He watched her blink in absolute shock. "What you are, what I feel for you, what we are together saved me."…
— Nora Roberts
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Of course. Because at the Gallagher Academy, "precautions" usually equals "voluntary shock therapy.
— Ally Carter
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Any faith that does not command the one who holds it is not a real belief; it is a pseudo belief only. And it might…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable.
— Jamaica Kincaid
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The physical shock took away the pain of being.
— Sebastian Faulks
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