Quotes About Startle

WHAT IN THE WORLD, Wimsey, are you doing in this Morgue?" demanded Captain Fentiman, flinging aside the Evening Banner with the air of a man released from an irksome duty.

Gordon Way's astonishment at being suddenly shot dead was nothing compared to his astonishment at what happened next.

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there was a girl who discovered the body." "What did she do when she discovered it?" "Screamed." "Very nice too,

The shrill note of a bell made them both jump. "That's the front door," said Giles. "Enter - a murderer," he added facetiously.

Softly unbolting the door, he stuck the cat's head round the edge and ejaculated a piercing "Miaow." The Scotland Yard inspector, who was standing outside with another man, jumped in spite of himself.

pajamas. He stumbled a little, the two men jerked him upright and his glasses went askew. They stopped at the back of the Stolypin car, and one of the men let him go in order to open the door. Instinctively, he adjusted his glasses. Turned his head. For a bare instant, he stared at Khristo. His face appeared to have somehow shrunk, and his eyes looked enormous. Then the two

Croc was furiously signaling for him to pull over. Lady Godiva's hand was over her mouth. She looked terrified.

There was no better time to intimidate than when waking someone from a deep sleep.

Gory stuff can be shocking but it doesn't really scare me. I'd say the kind of stuff that gets under my skin is the unknown. You hear a knock behind a wall and you don't know what it is. Is there something there or not?

And then the squirrel ran up my legs searching for nuts.' I nearly spewed my coffee and my eyes went wide as I jerked my head around to stare at Daniel. He gave me a wry grin and chuckled. 'I thought that would get your attention.

She came back into the kitchen fast, to make sure that she caught the toasting cheese in time. And she was halfway across the checked linoleum floor of her nice safe kitchen, when the screen door opened and a gigantic six-foot-seven-inch frog-like creature shouldered its way into the house and stood stock-still in front of her, crouching slightly, and staring straight at her face.

I think it is OK to surprise people.

I always like to come with stuff people don't expect me to. I like the element of surprise.

I often do things that surprise me, not to mention others.

I think for a horror experience to be really scary, something has to be a bit of a shock and a surprise. It's like something you've never experienced before.

I want people to be surprised.

I don't know why it surprises people that I surprise them.

Content that surprises the audience will attract them.

You have to keep surprising your audience.

Shocked as if I had bitten on a firecracker...

Good God! What in the hell was that noise?" The man in front of them turned in his seat. "That's what I've been asking myself this half hour and then some

of a copperhead. When he

Morning comes like a scream through a pinhole.