Shock Quotes

783 Shock quotes by 679 unique authors

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
I’m a little worried about Edward… 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 places—" 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 — 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
To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune,… — William Shakespeare
Post-traumatic shock,' said Shaun. 'He thinks he's a boa constrictor. — Mira Grant
In one was, I suppose, I have been "in denial" for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often… — Christopher Hitchens
My kind [vampires] does not surprise easily," he said. "You surprised me, this morning. I have thus used up my full quota of shock and… — Robin McKinley
Sometimes when we're in love, we take the facts and spin them into pretty stories. But it's a dangerous thing to do--because one day, like… — Kirsten Miller
Sometimes I get so immersed in my own company, if I unexpectedly run into someone I know, it's a bit of a shock and takes… — Kazuo Ishiguro
Hickory dickory dock my daddy’s nuts from shell shock. Humpty dumpty thought he was wise till gas came along and burned out his eyes. A… — Dalton Trumbo
Great tragedies have great consequences. They ripple through the fabric of this world and the next. When the loss is too great for either world… — Neal Shusterman
Don't worry about me," I finally said. "Really. I'm more worried about you." And even more worried about where Graves is. "Are you?" A fey… — Lilith Saintcrow
She laid her head against his collarbone, and he kissed her temple. To her shock, she felt a shudder roll through his body about the… — Maya Banks

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