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Quotes About Startle

HOLY MOTHER. WAS THAT A FACE?
~ Megan McCafferty
Sabrina leaned in and pressed her lips to Puck's. There was a little static shock that startled her and she stepped back with her hands on her mouth.
~ Michael Buckley
Someone's hand clamps down on my shoulder and it's one of the men trimming the vegetables on Baldwin Street. He wears a white apron stained with dirt and smears of green and red. "Go from here," he says to me.
~ Michael Redhill
Its mouth was wide and its teeth were wickedly pointed. He managed a brief "Hey!" and jerked away from the window...just as the rat hit the glass with a furry, wet thump. It slid down to the alley one floor below, where it staggered around in stunned surprise.
~ Michael Scott
Torak, kijk achter je! - Renn
~ Michelle Paver
She laid her hand briefly against Hild's cheek, which startled Hild so much she nearly knocked her cup over.
~ Nicola Griffith
I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.
~ Oliver Stone
Shock is a very weird thing.
~ Ozzy Osbourne
When I die of heart failure the next time you frighten me like that, you can put that on my gravestone—'I didn't mean to startle her.
~ Patricia Briggs
Lazy Dan left the building and was replaced by Alarmed Dan.
~ Patrick Carman
scares that kid
~ Patrick Carman
All horror movies start the same way. Whether the scene is an abandoned cabin, a dark alley, or a peaceful cottage, one line of dialogue, quietly uttered five minutes before the carnage starts, is inevitable: "Did you hear something?
~ Paul A. Offit
Here's how to freak out a baby: sit across from the baby, engage with him or her, and then suddenly become still. If this goes on for more than a few seconds, with you looking all corpselike, the baby will become upset.
~ Paul Bloom
Gya!! Stay away from me, weirdo! I'll press the burglar alarm!
~ Unknown
When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
~ Luke 1:12
But they were startled and frightened, thinking they had seen a spirit.
~ Luke 24:37