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Quotes About Astonishment

Oh, dear God and baby Jesus in the manger, my eyes!" Dee shrieked. My eyes!
~ Jennifer L. Armentrout
What the elf, Avery? What the everlasting mothing-foxing elf is going on there?
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Personally, I find this turn of events delightful," Max declared. "But you look like a motherfaxing deer caught in motherfaxing headlights.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
I surveyed the weapon inquisitively. A hideous notion struck me: how powerful I should be possessing such an instrument! I took it from his hand, and touched the blade. He looked astonished at the expression my face assumed during a brief second: it was not horror, it was covetousness. He snatched the pistol back, jealously; shut the knife, and returned it to its concealment.
~ Emily Bronte
So when one spring in spite of all this good advice I fell in love, it felt like disaster. I took a tiny bite and it exploded in my stomach. Love splashed through every cranny, hauled on every muscle, unlocked every joint. I was so full of astonishment, I felt ten feet tall. My shoulders itched as if wings might break through.
~ Emma Donoghue
Artemis: Holly, how did you find me? Holly: Oh, I saw a huge explosion and wondered: now, who could that be?
~ Eoin Colfer
Artemis was propped on his elbows. You hit me, he said in disbelief.
~ Eoin Colfer
So what's going on in there? Anything interesting?" Root tried to answer, but his soldier's vocabulary just didn't have the superlatives. "What? What is it?" The commander made an attempt. "It's…the human…I've never…Oh, forget it, Foaly. You're going to have to see this for yourself.
~ Eoin Colfer
De fapt, p?mântul nu duce lips? de minun??ii, ci de oameni care s? se minuneze.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Na Ziemi nie brak okazji do zadziwienia siÄ™, brak natomiast zadziwionych.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Crick once showed up at a crash site and said, "Holy God, no wonder the guy didn't make it!" right before the victim opened his eyes and said, "I'm still alive, jackass, now help get this fence post out of my chest!
~ Amy Lane
What the hell is that?" The drill sergeant almost mumbled to himself. "I've never seen that piece of metal before in my life….
~ Amy Lane
Jesus fuck a rabbit, Ernie, the hell is wrong with you?
~ Amy Lane
Toujours l'inattendu arrive
~ Andre Maurois
But in your eyes I capture "what the bleep" From the poem Tour of Duty by Andreas Simic
~ Andreas Simic
I can do contortionist things; it's really weird. But I can freak people out, which is great!
~ Chloe Bridges
I am frequently astonished that it so often results in correct predictions of experimental results.
~ Murray Gell-Mann
I honestly felt no envy or resentment, only astonishment at how much of a world there was out there and how much of it others already knew. The agenda for self-cultivation that had been set for my classmates by their teachers and parents was something I'd have to develop for myself.
~ Sonia Sotomayor
Just when you think you've heard it all from Team Obama, the next day brings another jaw-dropper.
~ Monica Crowley
I thought the car was amazing, but it still astonished me that he would have gone to that much trouble for us to be together.
~ Richelle Mead
He hesitated a moment and gave a decisive nod. Then, to my complete and utter astonishment, he got down on his knees before me and clasped my hands in his. "Sydney Katherine Sage," he said, his green eyes full of love and earnestness. "Would you do a brooding, deadbeat Moroi the honor of being his wife?
~ Richelle Mead
The Principal. "Bloody hell," Clarissa said. "It's Queen Victoria.
~ Rob Lloyd Jones
I had been standing there rather stupidly, instead of taking my departure, as I should have done, for I may as well confess that I was astounded at the sumptuous beauty of the girl before me, who had hitherto cast not even a look in my direction. Now she raised her lovely, indescribable eyes to mine, and I felt a thrill extend to my finger-tips. Many handsome women have I seen in my day, but none to compare with this superb daughter of the West.
~ ROBERT BARR
For them, it was just an ordinary miracle.
~ Robert Harris