Astonishment Quote by Douglas Adams

When I was in Downing Street, David Cameron saw me and said, "Please, shout it all around and let it penetrate to my cabinet…

— Brian Blessed

“It was as if a different person put the key in the ignition and drove away from everything that was familiar. There was no…

— Jeff VanderMeer

The killer looked up as the bullet hit him. He looked as if he were puzzled by some strange occurence, being too freshly dead…

— Robert A. Heinlein

“How could I tell Clarence that finding another dead body was anything but dreadful? On the contrary: it was thrilling; it was exciting; it…

— Alan Bradley

The CIA agent looked more dead than alive. Alex wondered if he had been hit, but there was no sign of any blood. Perhaps…

— Anthony Horowitz

He was dead. However, his nose throbbed painfully, which he thought odd in the circumstances.

— Diana Gabaldon

“All the deaths are dead for nothing but you're not dead at all.”

— daniel handler

“And, with alarming suddenness, nothing happened.”

— Terry Pratchett

Only death reveals what a nothing the body of man is.

— Juvenal

“Dead?' said Rincewind. In the debating chamber of his mind a dozen emotions got to their feet and started shouting. Relief was in full…

— Terry Pratchett

If they were shocked, then Gregor had no further responsibility and could be calm. But if they took everything calmly, he he, too, had…

— Franz Kafka

...The next time I opened my eyes, I was in the morgue. This, all by itself, is enough to really ruin your day. I…

— Jim Butcher