Uncanny Quotes

63 quotes by 59 authors

The others had taken Valek's return in stride, although Janco made a comment about Valek's lack of hair. "You ever notice how couples start to… — Maria V. Snyder
Chickens have an uncanny sense of direction. — Daniel Pinkwater
An event is not any more intrinsically intelligible or unintelligible because of the pace at which it moves. For a man who does not believe… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Being an agnostic means all things are possible, even God, even the Holy Trinity. This world is so strange that anything may happen, or may… — Jorge Luis Borges
I'd never taken to four foot creatures who had the uncanny ability to point out all my flaws in thirty second flat. And just for… — Darynda Jones
Vanity is a factor, but it is more a question of control. It is easier to trick others into perceiving you as beautiful if you… — Marissa Meyer
I'm about to rupture something," he was informed, as the big, gaily wrapped box she was carrying smacked into the small of his back again.… — Karen Chance
Cinder twisted up her lips. "Do you think it could have a virus?" "Maybe her programming was overwhelmed by Prince Kai's uncanny hotness. — Marissa Meyer
He had the uncanny capacity to know exactly what your weak point is, know what will make you feel small, to make you cringe," Joanna… — Walter Isaacson
Of the things they possessed in common, greatest of all was their almost uncanny pull at each others hearts. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
How surely are the dead beyond death. Death is what the living carry with them. A state of dread, like some uncanny foretaste of a… — Cormac McCarthy
I will never be without information,' she determined. 'I will do better than my sisters. If a bird or any other beast comes out of… — Catherynne M. Valente
It is a strange and wonderful fact to be here, walking around in a body, to have a whole world within you and a world… — John O'Donohue
I think Emily Blunt is definitely our finest young female English export. She has an uncanny grace. — Honeysuckle Weeks
I have found in experiments, people become used to the robots. The less startling they become, the more commonplace they get. If these robots do… — David Hanson
Slobodan Milosevic was just as smart as a five-year-old. Five-year-olds have an uncanny way of getting into your psyche, your self-esteem. — Wesley Clark
It seemed uncanny that words, spread across a page just so, had the power to transport me to another time or place. But they could. — Nikki Grimes
Maybe by making people feel uncomfortable, I tap into that uncanny quality that is a part of the scariest, weirdest things that you remember happening… — Ariel Pink
Every snapshot collector has obsessions. Some only collect photos of cars. Others like World War II, or babies, or old-timey girls in old-timey swimsuits. I… — Ransom Riggs
Literature - novels, plays, and poems - can have an uncanny dual life, where they simultaneously represent something eternal and something historical, and this is… — Jane Smiley

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