Shock Quotes

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I'm one, too," he said. "What?" He spit a wad of blood and mucus into the dirt. "A virgin." What a shock. "What makes you… — Rick Yancey
The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace. Style and personality are irrelevant. They can be formal or casual. They can… — Jhumpa Lahiri
The conviction that everyone in this house must be dead had gained such a hold on Magnus that it was a shock when the woman… — Cassandra Clare
Heâ€™s not feeling well,â€ Clary said, catching at Simonâ€™s wrist. â€œWeâ€™re going.â€ â€œNo,â€ Simon said. â€œNo, I â€” I need to talk to him. To… — Cassandra Clare
Surfing?â€ he asked. She laughed, and the sound sent a shock wave through the water. The wailing faded to background noise. Annabeth wondered if anyone… — Rick Riordan
Sometimes the newly Marked go into shock. The good news is, if this happens to you, you are unlikely to notice, because you will be… — Cassandra Clare
No one who has ever known what it is to lose faith in a fellow-man whom he has profoundly loved and reverenced, will lightly say… — George Eliot
We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and… — Winston Churchill
Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and with its plea for the weak. Christians are doing… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I think it can be fun to be single and date like when you don't want a relationship. Or when you've just gotten out of… — Breckin Meyer
Children demand that their heroes should be freckle less, and easily believe them so: perhaps a first discovery to the contrary is less revolutionary shock… — George Eliot
Over the years, the U.S. economy has shown a remarkable ability to absorb shocks of all kinds, to recover, and to continue to grow. Flexible… — Ben Bernanke
Future shock is the disorientation that affects an individual, a corporation, or a country when he or it is overwhelmed by change and the prospect… — Alvin Toffler
If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
It was Autumn, and incessant Piped the quails from shocks and sheaves, And, like living coals, the apples Burned among the withering leaves. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The paradox of the prophet: his very success is his failure. The prophet whose time has come no longer shocks; he entertains. — Peter Drucker
If a brutal scene is shown for no reason except to shock, then it is bad. — Cornel Wilde
Faith is not uprooted by dialectic proof; it must already be deeply shaken by other causes to be unable to withstand the shock of argument. — Emile Durkheim
Nothing can shock me. — Sheri Moon Zombie
Catholicism has the clerical equivalent to a nut allergy - even a small exposure to change, and the whole thing will go into anaphylactic shock. — Marcus Brigstocke

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