Shocked Quotes

412 Shocked quotes by 366 unique authors

I froze, shocked. (And don't try to clam that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.) — Brandon Sanderson
The woman was silent, her eyes on the floor. Shimamura had come to a point where he knew he was only parading his masculine shamelessness,… — Yasunari Kawabata
I've taken care of it," I said My father looked at me, shocked. Then I realized "taken care of" had a very specific meaning in… — Gordon Korman
We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. — C.S. Lewis
To be shocked at how deeply rejection hurts is to ignore what acceptance involves. We must never allow our suffering to be compounded by suggestions… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Sometimes I look back and I am shocked. Everyday of my life I have prepared for success, worked for it, waited for it, and you… — Monica Ali
The fantastic breaks the crust of appearance … something grabs us by the shoulders to throw us outside ourselves. I have always known that the… — Julio Cortazar
Not only will you sleep with me, but you will say 'please.'" I stared at him, shocked. The smile widened. "You will say 'please' before… — Ilona Andrews
When Catherine told me about this (tragedy nearby), I could only say, shocked, "Dear God, that family needs grace." She replied firmly, "That family needs… — Elizabeth Gilbert
If they were shocked, then Gregor had no further responsibility and could be calm. But if they took everything calmly, he he, too, had no… — Franz Kafka
Either greed belongs in a war zone, or it doesn't. You can't unleash it in the name of sparking an economic boom and then be… — Naomi Klein
It always shocked me when I realized that I wasn’t the only person in the world who thought and felt such strange and awful things. — John Green
Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it. — Niels Bohr
Without memories to cloud it, the mind perceives with absolute clarity. Each observation stands out in stark relief. In the beginning, when there's not yet… — Nicole Krauss
She stood, squared her shoulders. “We’ll do it. Together.” And then she did something that shocked them both. She rose on her tiptoes and pressed… — Gena Showalter
That sounds terrific, thought Cary, just you, your comatose wife your shell-shocked son, and your daughter who hates your guts. Not to mention that your… — Cassandra Clare
I looked at her and tried to speak, but all I could think about was how shocked she'd be if I said what I was… — John Grisham
At least I was true. My intellectual abilities gave me a release, and an excuse. I shunned company because I preferred books; and the dreams… — Robin McKinley
Do not be proud of the fact that your grandmother was shocked at something which your are accustomed to seeing or hearing without being shocked.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Social Note: I have sought escape in the Prytania on more than one occasion, pulled by the attractions of some technicolored horrors, filmed abortions that… — John Kennedy Toole
[A] couple I had known - who were old friends - asked me what I was going to work on next. I told them I… — Tracy Hickman
He put the box in Kahlan's lap. As she picked it up, she gave him the biggest smile he had ever seen. Before he even… — Terry Goodkind
Daemon had written: "What do you do when she asks a question no man would give a child an answer to?" Saetan had replied: "Hope… — Anne Bishop
Maybe, he said hesitantly, maybe there is a beast. The assembly cried out savagely and Ralph stood up in amazement. You, Simon? You believe in… — William Golding
He refused categorically all ideas of fidelity or serious commitments. He explained that they were arbitrary and sterile. From anyone else such views would have… — Francoise Sagan

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