Shocking Quotes

292 quotes by 273 authors

I beg your pardon for questioning your judgement," she said. "It is nothing to me, after all, if it proves faulty. I am not the… — Loretta Chase
You must not imagine that Papa or I have the least notion of compelling you to marry anyone whom you hold in aversion, for I… — Georgette Heyer
I don't know who had the training of you," he continued doggedly, "but your morals are shocking. You spent a night in my bed, remember,… — Loretta Chase
This was the shocking thing; that the slime of the pit seemed to utter cries and voices; that the amorphous dust gesticulated and sinned; that… — Robert Louis Stevenson
What a luxury a cat is, the moments of shocking and startling pleasure in a day, the feel of the beast, the soft sleekness under… — Doris Lessing
Restrooms at gas stations were an unpleasant and shocking surprise; I had never considered the serious drawbacks of such lazily-cleaned rooms. I was completely unable… — Rachel Caine
we are such inward secret creatures, that inwardness the most amazing thing about us, even more amazing than our reason. but we cannot just walk… — Iris Murdoch
It is a great danger for everyone when what is shocking changes. — Graham Greene
Emma was a shocking driver, simultaneously sloppy and petrified, and for the first fifty miles had been absent-mindedly driving with her spectacles on top of… — David Nicholls
You are so intense. Like a storm. It's shocking how intense you are. — Francesca Lia Block
Veronica ran out to tell Amber the shocking news - and returned in less than a minute with another message for Yo-Yoji: "Amber says she… — Pseudonymous Bosch
The only education in grief that any of us ever gets is a crash course. Until Caroline had died I had belonged to that other… — Gail Caldwell
Some say "The end is near," as if that is shocking news. The truth is, the end is always near. What is actually shocking is… — T.A. Barron
We donâ€™t like to think of ourselves as preyâ€”it is a lessening thoughtâ€”but the truth is that in our arrogance and so-called knowledge we forget… — Gary Paulsen
It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be… — Frank Herbert
For a moment, I believe, there was a stillness. A shocking realization by all things - beetles, dormice, the spiders spinning their webs in the… — Alexander Masters
The Girl With Many Eyes One day in the park I had quite a surprise. I met a girl who had many eyes. She was… — Tim Burton
From the essay "Twenty-five Things People Have a Shocking Capacity to Be Surprised by Over and Over Again" 1. Journalists sometimes make things up. 2.… — Nora Ephron
I know. It's shocking to think that the government would try to stick its nose in our ladyparts. — Megan McCafferty
Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear. — Harriet Beecher Stowe

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