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Quotes About Shock

I'm so sorry, my dear," she said quietly. "It's a shock, even though he was old. Pieces of our lives being chipped away reminds us of our own fragility, and how precious life is.
~ Anne Perry
He stopped. He could see in her face that she had not even thought of that sort of love. The very idea of a consuming sexual passion which culminated in murder was something that had not occurred to her with regard to herself and the general.
~ Anne Perry
Handsome people are often extremely selfish. To be able to charm others is very dangerous to the character. It comes as a shock, sometimes an unacceptable one, to find there is something you want and you may not have it.
~ Anne Perry
It's years since I've been shocked
~ Anne Perry
At once the room was flooded with a harsh yellow light. And the boy, staring up at the vampire, could not repress a gasp. His fingers danced backwards on the table to grasp the edge. "Dear God!" he
~ Anne Rice
Lord save us, first you have a heart, now you have a god? Will wonders never cease?
~ Anne Stuart
You can get an erection less than an hour after I've tried to kill you? she said in disbelief. Just how perverse are you? Let me show you.
~ Anne Stuart
The physical shock took away the pain of being.
~ Sebastian Faulks
I plunged my head under the water voluntarily...the physical shock took away the pain of being.
~ Sebastian Faulks
She gasped in shock and sat, staring at him as though he were mad. "Not in Song of Solomon?" he asked. "No!" His fingers trailed lazily up and down the skin of her inner thigh. "Solomon had how many wives? Ten? Twenty?" "Seven hundred," she said, her voice breaking as his fingers moved upward. "Then he surely knew something about cunnilingus," he said.
~ Shana Galen
Mrs. Gautier, I hear there are places online where you can sell children for a good price. Nick is still young enough, he should fetch enough to tide you over for a bit." – Rosa
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Damn, I need eye bleach.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Hey, Ms. P, Tad called, what's going on? She let out a slow breath before she answered. You won't believe this... Brian Murrey tried to eat Scott Morgan. Nick's eyes widened at the unexpected explanation. Had he heard that right?
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Amanda - Oh God, I just kissed a vampire! Kyrian - Oh Gods, I just kissed a human!
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Good grief, Fury, warn me if you're going to jump in here naked. (Bride)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Holy crud! (Simone)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.
~ Francesca Annis
Never is my life have I ever experienced anything as crazy as this.
~ Puff Daddy
I didn't even cry, I was stunned. You know, and that's just how fast life turns. It turns on a dime.
~ Sandra Lee
I'm shocked and surprised by people that are shocked and surprised that certain things in life are made up or not as true as you might believe them to be.
~ Scott McClanahan
It's almost a shock to me to go into places, and there's smoking these days. Boy, my life has changed, because everybody used to smoke.
~ Juan Williams
The pointless ferocities of intellectual life shock businessmen, who kill only to eat.
~ Mason Cooley
Frankly, I was shocked to hear they allowed KISS to play here. Usually, they have gospel performers in places like this. You know, Varmint, there are other religious communities like this scattered around the country. The Mennonites. The Amish. The Moonies. They would never host a KISS concert. Not in a million years. But times are changing. We could be playing for the Mormons soon. In Salt Lake City.
~ John Elder Robison
Empires, like adolescents, think they'll live forever. In geopolitics, as in biology, expiration dates are never visible. As a result, it can be hard to distinguish growing pains from death rattles. When the end comes, it's always a shock.
~ John Feffer