Startle Quotes

40 quotes by 37 authors

I waited just to see you at that kind of peace, I wanted to be beside you, I wanted you to wake up slowly or… — Daniel Handler
Art should startle the viewer into thinking about the meaning of life. — Antoni Tapies
To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise. — John Milton
Women will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress. — Nikola Tesla
One need not be a Chamber â€” to be Hauntedâ€” One need not be a Houseâ€” The Brain â€” has Corridors â€” surpassing Material Placeâ€”… — Emily Dickinson
Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with… — John Keats
How does it feel? I feels exactly like one of those dreams in which you suddenly realize that you have to take a test you… — Audrey Niffenegger
we left about midnight and walked down the hill in silence. the night was muggy, and all around me i felt the same pressure, a… — Hunter S. Thompson
Most schools have a loud system of loud bells, which startle the students and teachers at regular intervals and remind them that time is passing… — Daniel Handler
One of my heroes, G.K. Chesterton, said, "The old fairy tales endure forever. The old fairy tale makes the hero a normal human boy; it… — Regina Doman
When I die of heart failure the next time you frighten me like that, you can put that on my gravestone â€”â€˜I didnâ€™t mean to… — Patricia Briggs
For what itâ€™s worth: itâ€™s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. Thereâ€™s no time limit,… — Eric Roth
Watch that boy. He's going to startle somebody someday. — Daphne du Maurier
Heâ€™s dozed off again, but I kiss him awake, which seems to startle him. Then he smiles as if heâ€™d be happy to lie there… — Suzanne Collins
Jem spoke with enormous care; talking to Will about anything personal was like trying not to startle away a wild animal. — Cassandra Clare
What do you think love is- a thing to startle from the heart like a bird at every shout or blow? You can fly from… — Patricia A. McKillip
With slow care rather than stealth we must approach the subject of a certain woman. Her wildness is of such degree, I fear approaching her… — Patrick Rothfuss
I have read that there are two fears that cannot be trained out of us: the startle reaction upon hearing an unexpected noise, and vertigo.… — Yann Martel
I write totally spontaneously. I actually write fiction by hand - that always seems to startle people. I think the reason I do that is… — Jennifer Egan
Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle our wonder as to who we are, and for what,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Who Wrote These Startle Quotes

37 authors contributed a total of 40 Startle Quotes, led by these top contributors: