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Quotes About Astonishment

Good God. Men everywhere.
~ Richelle Mead
Did you know," he said slowly, "That Victor Dashkov is sitting on your bed?" "Yeah," I said. "It was kind of a shock to us too.
~ Richelle Mead
They?re shooting at us,? I said incredulously. ?They?re actually shooting at us!
~ Richelle Mead
I hadn't gotten far when I ran into Mason. Good God. Men everywhere.
~ Richelle Mead
You were totally unprepared for her." "That's for damned sure.
~ Richelle Mead
Did you pick that out?" I asked Dimitri. Honestly, I would have expected him to bend a piece of steel with his bare hands and present her with that.
~ Richelle Mead
Holy crap," I said. While staring off at Rose and Dimitri, a brilliant flash had caught my eye—a flash on Rose's finger. "What's that?" I exclaimed. "Did you rob Lissa's crown jewels?
~ Richelle Mead
Sage!" he called. "You have got to see this." Eddie and I reached the next green and stared in astonishment. Then I burst out laughing. We had reached Dracula's Castle. (...) I couldn't stop laughing. Adrian and Eddie looked at me as though they'd never seen me before. "I don't think I've ever heard her laugh," Eddie told him. "Certainly not the reaction I was expecting," mused Adrian. "I'd been counting on abject terror, judging from past Alchemist behaviour. I didn't think you liked vampires.
~ Richelle Mead
You were totally unprepared for her
~ Richelle Mead
He froze, and it was one of those rare moments when Adrian Ivashkov was caught totally and completely off guard. "Did you know," he said slowly, "that Victor Dashkov is sitting on your bed?" "Yeah," I said. "It was kind of a shock to us too.
~ Richelle Mead
Adrian." I laid my hand over his an felt a warm spark of connection. He jerkedd his head toward me in astonishment. "Nothing he said could change what I think of you. I've had my mind made up about you for a longe time... and it's all good." Adrian looked away form me and down to where my hand covered his. I blushed and pulled away. "Sorry." I'd probably freaked him out. He glanced back up at me. "Best thing that's happened to me all day. Let's hit the road.
~ Richelle Mead
The children and their parents were too flabber-gasted to speak. They were staggered. They were dumbfounded. They were bewildered and dazzled. They were completely bowled over by the hugeness of the whole thing. They simply stood and stared.
~ Roald Dahl
The children and their parents were too flabbergasted to speak. They were STAGGERED.
~ Roald Dahl
Familiarity with any great thing removes our awe of it.
~ L. Frank Baum
I don't know about you, but I practice a disorganized religion. I belong to an unholy disorder. We call ourselves "Our Lady of Perpetual Astonishment."
~ Kurt Vonnegut
Holy crap!" he said. "That's a big dog." "Yes," said Baba. "But a small dragon.
~ Deborah Blake
He spoke!" Ivan said, eyes wide. "The dog talked! Oh my god." "An ancient witch you can believe in, but not a talking dragon that looks like a dog?" Chudo-Yudo said, sounding slightly piqued. "Hmph. Young people today have such limited imaginations.
~ Deborah Blake
He came outta nowhere, and he was like Jackie Chan or something. I mean, I never saw anybody fight like that.
~ Deborah Blake
Two gasps rang out. The first one came from Clara, the second from Fezzo. One moment they'd been looking at a mound of concrete, and now they were staring at two human feet. They were crossed at the ankle so that tops of the feet faced each other and rested toe to toe.
~ Deborah Leblanc
Christ! He thought we even have a male stripper. What's he going to do, throw his thong at the vampires?
~ Derek Gunn
Oh my God." Valkyrie shook her head. "I need to sit down." "You are sitting down." "I need to sit down more.
~ Derek Landy
Stephanie, what are you doing here? – Gordon (in the Echo Stone)
~ Derek Landy
He had not expected any of it to be beautiful, but it was beautiful.
~ Jeff Vandermeer
I have never heard anyone tell me that this would happen to them.
~ Jeffrey Pfeffer