Quotes About Startle

I shook so hard from fear that the couch moved from the wall.

Every moment everyone felt fear, nameless and omnipresent. They were as jumpy as men in a plague district. Any sudden sound, any unexplained footstep, any unfamiliar script on an envelope, made them startle; and for months they never felt secure enough to let themselves go, in complete sleep. And with the coming of fear went out their pride.

All my life until that night, I'd never heard such a horrible and unforgettable sound. When I did, I woke with a start,

At the sound of their footsteps, the Hessians swung around and drew their swords. Katie screamed, Q yelled, and Matt did the one thing that he had so hoped he wouldn't. He closed his eyes and didn't move!

She opened her eyes very wide at

There's nothing quite like exiting a toilet cubicle and seeing a girl running towards you with her hand over her mouth.

Later she would think about how he'd snuck up on her so silently. The man was on crutches - what was he, a ninja or something?

Psychopaths are immune to contagious yawning and are less likely to be startled.

Q: What's the definition of surprise? A: A fart with a lump in it.

The very best meditators seem even to be able to suppress their startle response, a rudimentary physiological reaction to loud noises or other sudden stimuli that is mediated through the amygdala. (The strength of one's startle response—whether measured in infancy or adulthood—has been shown to be highly correlated with the propensity to develop anxiety disorders and depression.)

Give me a mirror.Or holy water. I'll drink it,even!" I gasped as someone threw water on the side of my face. "A little warning next time would be nice.

Just as I was moaning out the closing hunks of that word. I touched off one of my electric connections, and all that murky world of people stood revealed in a hideous blue glare! It was immense—that effect! Lots of people shrieked, women curled up and quit in every direction, foundlings collapsed by platoons. The abbot and the monks crossed themselves nimbly and their lips fluttered with agitated prayers.

What shocked us the most was that we had no idea why we should be so shocked. Like opening a ginger ale and finding Jamesons' inside: nothing wrong with it, but it sort of takes you by surprise.

Think books aren't scary? Well, think about this: You can't spell Book without Boo!

attacked the glass. A cracking sound made me jump back. The pane was intact, but I could swear I heard the glass hum. Robin behind me now. I tried again, and once more the monster lunged. Kept lunging.

Okay, maybe I'd been a little ratty, but there's something about rotting corpses leaping at my face that puts me a bit on edge.

And saw a field mouse whistling through the air in a karate attack position, claws out, hind legs foremost—right at him.

I was walking down the street. Something caught my eye, and dragged it fifteen feet.

When Jayfeather told me it was going to rain today, he didn't warn me it was going to rain cats!

Truth wants to be startled abruptly, at one stroke, from her self-immersion, whether by uproar, music or cries for help.

Well, I need to be frightened on a regular basis.

I'm a huge horror fan.

I am a big scaredy-cat; horror films terrify me.

I have to admit that I really don't care for horror movies all that much. I think mainly just because I'm a cheap scare.