Quotes About Astonishment

Wszystko w tym opowiadaniu jest prawdÄ… - chyba tylko prócz dialogów: nie mam takiej nadludzkiej pamiÄ™ci. DochodzÄ™ zresztÄ… powoli do przekonania, ?e w ogóle nic nadludzkiego we mnie nie ma. Bardzo mnie to dziwi, ale trudno.

The habits of Franciscan nuns still shrouded all but their faces, and so each of the new nun's features were emphasized, read forty times over in astonishment. Outlined in a stiff white frame of starched linen, Sister's eyes, nose, and mouth leapt out, a mask from a dream, a great raw-boned jackal's muzzle.

What in the name of Hitler's panties and matching bra set was she talking about?

It's not how the world is, but that it is, that is cause for astonishment.

When I came home I expected a surprise and there was no surprise for me, so of course, I was surprised.

To be sure, I can imagine what Heidegger means by being [Sein] and anxiety [Angst]. Man feels the urge to run up against the limits of language. Think for example of the astonishment that anything at all exists. This astonishment cannot be expressed in the form of a question, and there is no answer whatsoever. Anything we might say is a priori bound to be mere nonsense. Nevertheless we do run up against the limits of language.

But what popped up was no girl.

I stared at him; he seemed to relish my astonishment.

Bruhn still had a sense of amazement in his voice as

Hitler for five hours: sulking, shouting, digressing, denouncing. He talked about how much he hated the press. He talked about the evils of communism. Halifax listened to the performance with what another British diplomat at the time called a "mixture of astonishment, repugnance, and compassion.

Amazement is better than annoyance.

I am not the lady's husband. I do not have that honor and pleasure. Atalia is, in fact, my mistress." He allowed a little time for Shmuel to wallow in his astonishment before deigning to explain: "I am not using the word in the vulgar sense, of course, but rather as in the famous saying of the first Queen Elizabeth of England: 'I will have here but one mistress and no master.

Que ta vision soit à chaque instant nouvelle. Le sage est celui qui s'étonne de tout.

In literature, as in Life, one is often astonished by what is chosen by others.

Less cannot imagine Delaware being a miracle to anyone.

Well, what do you think about my idea? Four open-mouthed stares answered me. My friends had become the Great American Gapers Association. GAGA.

AGHAST  (AGHA'ST)   adj.[either the participle of agaze,(see AGAZE)  and then to be written agazed, or agast,or from a and gast, a ghost, which the present orthography favours; perhaps they were originally different words.]Struck with horrour, as

That moment, the music screeched to a halt. There was an ungodly collision of brass, reed, and percussion—trombones and piccolos skidded into cacophony, a tuba farted, and the hollow clang of a cymbal wavered out of the big top, over our heads and into oblivion.

He ate in your car? No shit?

The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement. ? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Theory of Colours . (The M.I.T. Press; 1st edition March 15, 1970) Originally published 1810.

What ball?" Selena gasped, truly surprised. He was not foxed, and he was not being blasé. The infuriating man really had no idea what she was talking about.

My own suspicion is that the universe is not only stranger than we suppose, but stranger than we can suppose.

Okay," I said hoarsely as the blood left my head and headed south for the winter.

Sometimes in life, random things can blind-side you.