Startling Quotes

135 quotes by 126 authors

...Mr. Wodehouse is a prose stylist of such startling talent that Frankie nearly skipped around with glee when she first read some of his phrases.… — E. Lockhart
He does have surprising, secret purposes. I open a Bible, and His plans, startling, lie there barefaced. Itâ€™s hard to believe it, when I read… — Ann Voskamp
House-training, I must tell you, is a formality that can elude young dachshunds for some time; this is particularly true in climates that affront their… — Mary Doria Russell
You just said you were sorry." ... "I was only apologizing," he said stiffly, "for startling you. The applause was to compliment you on the… — Meg Cabot
Staring at her face, she began to fancy her outer layer had begun to melt away while she wasn't paying attention, and something -- some… — Laini Taylor
I saw a startling sight today, a politician with his hands in his own pockets. — Mark Twain
I am well in body although considerably rumpled up in spirit, thank you, ma'am,' said Anne gravely. Then aside to Marilla in an audible whisper,… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
She was forced to consider the startling fact that the love of her life might not actually be someone with whom she could spend a… — Jodi Picoult
Indeed, what is startling about the notion of a victimless crime is that even when the behavior in question is genuinely victimless, its criminality is… — Sam Harris
It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible. — Eric Hoffer
We are all instruments pulling the bows across our own lungs. Windmills, still startling in every storm. Have you ever seen a newborn blinking at… — Andrea Gibson
yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways and move them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with startling heroism — Khaled Hosseini
No other life forms know they are alive, and neither do they know they will die. This is our curse alone. Without this hex upon… — Thomas Ligotti
My head reeled at the sheer and startling beauty, the wide, bare openness of it. The sense of space, the vastness of the sky above… — Susan Hill
The miracle is this: that you will rise in the morning and be able to see again the startling beauty of the day. — William Kent Krueger
It is possible to make each year bring with it a lasting gift to add to the fullness of experience, to be treasured up, savored,… — Grenville Kleiser
The story of any one man's real experience finds its startling parallel in that of every one of us. — James Russell Lowell
I find no change of consequence in grown people, I do not miss the dead. It does not surprise me to hear that this friend… — Mark Twain
Taken as a whole, consumer technologies have made startling advances, but they still are not as easy to use as they should be. — Walt Mossberg
I spend several days at a time without enough sleep. At first, normal activities become annoying. When you are too tired to eat, you really… — Henry Rollins

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