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675 Struck quotes by 567 unique authors

Yes?" she asked, eyeing me guardedly. I struck out a hand and said "Shake." Arra stared at the hand, then into my unfocused eyes. "One… — Darren Shan
I always liked routine. I suppose I never found boredom very boring. I doubted I could explain it to someone like Margo but drawing circles… — John Green
If you still persist in writing, "Good food at it's best", you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried… — Lynne Truss
But Captain Vere was now again motionless, standing absorbed in thought. Again starting, he vehemently exclaimed, "Struck dead by an angel of God! Yet that… — Herman Melville
Then I noticed that my shadow was crying too, shedding clear, sharp shadow tears. Have you ever seen the shadows of tears, Mr. Wind-Up Bird?… — Haruki Murakami
A little tap at the window, as though some missile had struck it, followed by a plentiful, falling sound, as light, though, as if a… — Marcel Proust
...and once again Dexter is struck by how easy conversation can be when no-one is in their right mind — David Nicholls
LORD ILLINGWORTH What do you think she'd do if I kissed her? MRS ALLONBY Either marry you, or strike you across the face with her… — Oscar Wilde
I can't be any more addicted to it than I already am,"Jamie said slowly, as though he'd rehearsed this, and then waiting for a cue… — Sarah Rees Brennan
In the book Soldiers on the Home Front, I was greatly struck by the fact that in childbirth alone, women commonly suffer more pain, illness… — Anne Frank
I think my dad was happy. I phrase it like this because he seldom showed much emotion. Hugs and kisses wwere a rarity for me… — Nicholas Sparks
But she did not take her eyes from the wheels of the second car. And exactly at the moment when the midpoint between the wheels… — Leo Tolstoy
The first real terror struck him then, and there was nothing supernatural about it. It was only a realization of how easy it was to… — Stephen King
Much has happened since last we met, Bartimaeus," he went on. "Do you remember how we parted?" "No." I did. "You set light to me,… — Jonathan Stroud
Mr. Vey, you cannot be stuffed into a locker without your consent." Dallstrom said, which may be the dumbest thing ever said in a school.… — Richard Paul Evans
Hey, Sydney. I thought I saw your car out there." He glanced around. "Is, uh, Jill with you?" "Not today." I said. New insight struck… — Richelle Mead
The clock tick-tocked, solemn and profound. It might have been the dry pulse of the decaying house itself, after a while it whirred and cleared… — William Faulkner
Vlad's heart sank into his stomach, then squeezed its way down his leg and popped out of the hole in his shoe, where it struck… — Heather Brewer
President Kennedy’s assassination, less than two weeks ago, has struck the world dumb. It’s like no one wants to be the first to break the… — Kathryn Stockett
Don't die on me," she whispered when the clock struck midnight and he still had not moved. "It's only a little shoulder wound. Goddess, George-don't… — Tamora Pierce
And then he was kissing her, and she was struck by his nearness, his solidity, his smell. It was of the garden and the earth… — Kate Morton
As long as I stared at the clock, at least the world remained in motion. Not a very consequential world, but in motion nonetheless. And… — Haruki Murakami
Once a man gets a reputation as a liar, he might as well be struck dumb, for people do not listen to the wind. — Robert A. Heinlein
Were all first loves like that? Somehow she doubted it; even now it struck her as being more real than anything she'd ever known. Sometimes… — Nicholas Sparks
I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. Soft, amiable natures they would have refined to saintliness; of strong, evil… — Charlotte Bronte

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