Shock Quotes

783 Shock quotes by 679 unique authors

Who was this women?' asked Harry. 'I dunno, some Ministry hag.' Mundungus considered for a moment, brow wrinkled. 'Little women. Bow on top of er'… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
To get into the best society, nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people - that is all! — Oscar Wilde
He’s gone, Harry told himself. He’s gone. He had to keep thinking it as he washed and dressed, as though repetition would dull the shock… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
From a tale one expects a bit of wildness, of exaggeration and dramatic effect. The tale has no inherent concern with decorum, balance or harmony.… — Peter Straub
I've come to see our central nervous system as a kind of vintage switchboard, all thick foam wires and old-fashioned plugs. The circuitry isn't properly… — Darin Strauss
Perhaps we are born knowing the tales of our grandmothers and all their ancestral kin continually run in our blood repeating them endlessly, and the… — P L Travers
Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire. It never happened. — Jared Diamond
He sat watching the people go by, wondering how a thing of this sort could have come about, I must have let myself get mixed… — Philip K. Dick
Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison, which causes the… — David Hume
Here I am going to say something which may come as a bit of a shock. God doesn't necessarily want us to be happy. He… — William Nicholson
Reason sits firm and holds the reins, and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms. The passions may… — Charlotte Bronte
Scared ya, did I? Aw, that's sweet. Don't worry the shocks won't kill me," she whispered. "They only make me stronger. Anyway, it was worth… — Lauren Kate
Words, for all they were flimsy and invisible, had great strength. They could be fortified as a castle wall and sharp as a foil. They… — Jodi Picoult
You never felt jealousy, did you, Miss Eyre? Of course not: I need not ask you; because you never felt love. You have both sentiments… — Charlotte Bronte
Lucy swayed in shock. A gust of wind moaned through the conservatory and blew out all but one of her candles. Simon must have done… — Elizabeth Hoyt
When one of my Japanese teacups is broken, I imagine that the real cause was not the careless hand of a maid but the anxieties… — Fernando Pessoa
Henry," said Charlotte, who appeared to have recovered from her shock, "if you set yourself on fire deliberately, I will institute divorce proceedings. Now sit… — Cassandra Clare
I know it may come as a shock, but it's sort of considered polite to wait for the consent of the woman. In fact, I'm… — Ilona Andrews
She thought about him all the time - not so much about Doug the individual, but rather about the nature of love, and the shock… — J. Courtney Sullivan
For any true stickler, you see, the sight of the plural word “Book’s” with an apostrophe in it will trigger a ghastly private emotional process… — Lynne Truss
There is, though, nothing that prepares us for the worst things in our life. There is nothing you can do to stop the shock, or… — James Frey
But you can't muscle through a five-hour run that way; you have to relax into it like easing your body into a hot bath, until… — Christopher McDougall
If youth is the season of hope, it is often so only in the sense that our elders are hopeful about us; for no age… — George Eliot
But yeah, Ann [Trason] insisted, running was romantic; and no, of course her friends didn't get it because they'd never broken through. For them, running… — Christopher McDougall
Marry me. Nay, marriage will cost us precious moments together. Let us make sweet, passionate love right here. Let me bear your children.” A primal… — Kiersten White

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