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“Ada just nodded and blew her nose into my handkerchief again. I decided it was hers to keep.”

— Jane Healey

“You can survive any shock.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Somehow I have been stunned. Stand back! Give me a little time beyond my cuffed head and slumbers and dreams and gaping, I discover…

— Walt Whitman

“She was learning that if she pretended to be weak and frightened, and dabbed at her eyes with a lacy handkerchief, she could turn…

— Philip Pullman

“But in the same token, I wondered how I was still standing. Why wasn’t I six feet under from the shock of what had…

— Katie Ashley

“Now I understood a little what it meant to be frightened. It was like desperately gasping for air in a place without oxygen.”

— Sohn Won-Pyung

“Please, save your breathe, you might need it to blow up your doll later.”

— Christine Zolendz

“You could have at least let me adjust my towel," she said. He glanced down at her, and with her arm occupied in holding…

— Joey W. Hill

“I couldn't look away. My guts wrenched with the transient impact, like walking through a humming electric shock.”

— S.J. Lomas

“A shock? You mean all that was just the precursor?”

— Marissa Meyer

“I mean, electric shock? Isn’t that a bit... electric shock-y?”

— Emmett Spain

“Okay so I just caught the look you shot me over your shoulder and you need to know that I can't even breathe right…

— T. Torrest