Shocking Quotes

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All children are heartless. They have not grown a heart yet, which is why they can climb tall trees and say shocking things and leap… — Catherynne M. Valente
As if being a former vampire drone in a werewolf household were not shocking enough, the maid then opened her mouth and proved that she… — Gail Carriger
Somewhere in this process you will come face-to-face with the sudden and shocking realization that you are completely crazy. Your mind is a shrieking gibbering… — Henepola Gunaratana
My point is you're different here. Hollis I've only been here for a month. A lot can happen in a month he replied. Shoot in… — Sarah Dessen
Science, already oppressive with its shocking revelations, will perhaps be the ultimate exterminator of our human species - if separate species we be - for… — H P Lovecraft
Technology tends toward avoidance of risks by investors. Uncertainty is ruled out if possible. People generally prefer the predictable. Few recognize how destructive this can… — Frank Herbert
Watching them, she realized they made so much sense together. Every look, every touch, was a reassurance, almost electric, as if they were shocking each… — Sarah Addison Allen
It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But… — Alan Moore
Star Trek?â€ I asked her. â€œReally?â€ â€œWhat?â€ she demanded, bending unnaturally black eyebrows together. â€œThere are two kinds of people in the universe, Molly,â€ I… — Jim Butcher
There is something about you that makes me feel terribly wicked. You make me want to do shocking things. Maybe it's because you're so proper.… — Lisa Kleypas
[W]hen Ben was kissing me, the whole world retreated. I felt things I'd never felt before, in places I never knew were connected. But I… — Rosemary Clement-Moore
It's shocking the things we call love. — Deb Caletti
Thatâ€™s the other thing I learned that day, that the truth, however shocking or uncomfortable, in the end leads to liberation and dignity. — Ricky Gervais
It didn't matter whether he was nearby or far away. His image would drift up into your mind just when you least expected it, shocking… — Banana Yoshimoto
Jean was visited by one of her rare moments of happiness, one of those moments when the goodness of God was so real to her… — Elizabeth Goudge
Neither son loved the father for himself. They both were using the father for their own self-centered ends rather than loving, enjoying, and serving him… — Timothy Keller
Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad… — Maya Angelou
Her tiny hand gripped mine with a surprising warmth, and in a shocking wash of emotion, I felt everything I knew shift. The scent of… — Kim Harrison
they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch… — George Orwell
There is something very shocking about seeing him standing dark and still on our doorstep. I lean the door a ways. The night's getting chilly.… — Maggie Stiefvater

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