Quotes About Startle

Well, holy sh Ã¢â'¬Â¦ shoeshine

Josh Thomas was sitting in Egan's study, reading a chemical analysis journal, when he froze in fright. The rug in the center of the room suddenly rose from the floor as if a ghost were inside and then flew aside. A trapdoor beneath swung open and Pitt's head popped up like a jack-in-the-box. "Sorry to intrude," said Pitt with a cheery smile. "But I just happened to be passing by.

Holy Moses on a pogo stick!!

Pillsbury shouted the only word that came to mind. "Ow!

And so we nearly ran into an elephant; eh?

THAT WASN'T A SPEED BUMP!!!

WHAT WAS ZELDA doing in the seconds before her front door was kicked in? Before the wood securing the dead bolt disintegrated into daggers and left the chain lock dangling like a mugger-torn necklace? She thinks she was cooking.

gasps a little, blinks his eyes three or four times and indulges in a convulsive shiver

When Harry had held it, it had shat in his hand.

Damn cowboy, Warn a guy before you do a face-plant on the floor next time.

I have known a lady, John, who was delivered of a blackamoor child, merely from the circumstance of having got a start by the sudden entrance of her negro servant, and not being able to forget him for several hours

I moved to leave, and Dylan actually grabbed me by my shoulders. I was so surprised that I forgot to karate-chop his elbows and break his arms.

The haughtiness suddenly fell from Hamster's face. He looked at us fearfully for a long second.

Iggy said. "Be very afraid.

He ran like a scalded cat.

Licata's free hand clapped over his gaping mouth

And I pulled the alarm.

If you could hear the insane stuff going on in my head, it would scare the hell out of you. Probably. Or fascinate you. Depends on how easily you're startled, I guess.

I get startled really easily, so I hate horror films. I have to close my eyes when I think something is going to make me jump, because I just scream.

Mergulhamos na dor e o susto nos devolve à vida. Porque nada pode ser tão espantoso quanto a vida. Exceto a literatura. Sim, claro, exceto a literatura, que é o único consolo.

I's the look-out! I's the look-out! AAAAAAGHHHH! There's a jagular! There's a jagular! Ã¢â'¬Â¦ Ohhhh Ã¢â'¬Â¦ No, sorrys, my mistake, is a treetrunk. SORRYS, everybody Ã¢â'¬Â¦

SSSSSCCCCRRIIIIIIITCH!!!!!!!!!

I opened my eyes to see the rat taking a piss in my coffee mug. It was a huge brown bastard; had a body like a turd with legs and beady black eyes full of secret rat knowledge.

The news came like a thunderclap.