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Quotes About Startle

It was like playing with a jack-in-the-box. It looked like a normal box, until the crazy person popped out.
~ Louise Penny
When something exciting happens I randomly slap the person next to me.
~ Unknown
When I'm home alone and I hear a noise...I completely freeze.
~ Unknown
Anyone would think you'd seen a ghost!
~ Diane Setterfield
Tem mais um defunto morto aqui!
~ Unknown
Burglars! Good gracious!' cried the little woman, springing from the bed in one bound. The word 'burglar' was a terrible one to her, as it is indeed, to every well-constituted woman. 'Robbery' does not sound nearly so awe-inspiring.
~ Lyman Frank Baum
A little after two in the morning, a bright flash lit the sky, followed by a huge explosion.
~ John Guy
rang the doorbell, heard a thump, and
~ John Sandford
I thought I saw him once, but it turned out to be a yeti
~ John Scalzi
That mini heart attack you have when you realize you tipped your chair back just a little too far.
~ John Steinbeck
It was very difficult to startle or surprise someone with a particular sound during the family computer era.
~ Nobuo Uematsu
But, when she was alone, someone rapped on the door and she found herself on her feet, knife in hand, before she had time to reason with her fear.
~ Unknown
bullet missing your head by an inch, you never forget
~ Marcus Sakey
You've never seen surprise until you've looked into the eyes of an ascending bovine.
~ Unknown
Retra recoiled from his dangling nakedness...
~ Unknown
The irony is, nothing is more frightening than being frightened.
~ Neel Burton
I don't do drugs. If I want a rush I just stand up when I'm not expecting it.
~ Dylan Moran
Scared the postman by going to the door naked. I'm not sure what scared him more, my naked body or the fact that I knew where he lived.
~ Unknown
As a joke, I would love to stand in line at ATM machines, and when people put in their PIN, I yell Got it! and then run away.
~ Unknown
I think I swallowed a bug!
~ Unknown
so this crow comes and it starts quacking at us.
~ Unknown
When you took your seat I felt as if a woman had come into my bathroom and I had only the sponge to defend myself.
~ Winston Churchill
Ahbearrrrrrrrrrrr!
~ Unknown
Then a lightning bolt shot straight through my skivvies. Sha-ZAM!
~ Megan McCafferty