Startled Quote by Louise Rennison

“I turned round and Jeeves shied like a startled mustang.”

— P G Wodehouse

She jerked away from me like a startled fawn might, if I had a startled fawn and it jerked away from me.

— Raymond Chandler

“She slammed down the phone. The sharp bang shattered my heart like a bottle hitting the sidewalk”

— Susan Crandall

“What's possible?' she asked. 'Anything,' he said absently. 'But that’s not what I was talking about. Oh, hello, Claire. You’re in good time. I…

— Rachel Caine

A small laugh startled me and I looked over to see her actually smiling. Making her do that more often was a new goal.

— Abbi Glines

Not long ago, in an excruciatingly remote village in the Australian Outback, I was startled to see a bartender in a cowboy hat measuring…

— Jonathan Miles

“For you, a thousand times over," I heard myself say.Then I turned and ran.It was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything…

— Anonymous

“they sleep, they can be startled, even there in the soothing of the heart, like waves on the shore around them.”

— Margaret Atwood

What a wonderfully exciting cough,' said the little man, quite startled by it, 'do you mind if I join you?' And with that he…

— Douglas Adams

I remember it as if it were today... seeing him [Che] framed in the viewfinder, with that expression. I am still startled by the…

— Alberto Korda

“I jumped at the sound of my last name. I get started frequently, because I spent most of my time in my own head.…

— Sariah Wilson

“I was woken by a shell-burst in the trench of sleep. Heart skipping, with eyes fighting light, my thoughts sprang up like a field…

— Will Wiles