Quotes About Reaction

But media would calm me down, and I wanted to stay angry.

I didn't stop in my tracks because I have a lot of practice in not physically reacting to things no matter how much they shock or horrify me.

Oh. Oh, shit.

I'm out of practice at controlling my expression. Right now I'm pretty sure it was somewhere in the region of stunned horror, or maybe appalled horror.

Your face just got really weird. Are you all right?

I knew Amena well enough by now to recognize she was feigning polite interest to disguise horrified interest.)

I know a "fuck off" when I hear one. So I fucked off.

Ratthi had to fold his lips almost completely inside his mouth to keep from reacting.

Oh, shit. Seriously: oh, shit. My organic parts had a reaction that reminded me how lucky I was not to have a digestive system.

Then in my skim of the news broadcast I hit an image. It was me. I didn't stop in my tracks because I have a lot of practice in not physically reacting to things no matter how much they shock or horrify me. I may have lost control of my expression for a second; I was used to always wearing a helmet and keeping it opaqued whenever possible.

The game-playing aspects of detective fiction came into prominence only after the First World War, as a symptom of people's reaction to carnage and bereavement; there was a hunger for escapism, and readers relished having the chance to solve a puzzle set in a detective story.

The popular reaction to David seems to have been wonder at his size rather than at the artistry of his carving. He was a spectacle, a freakish oddity.

It's not what happens to you but how you deal with it.

it wasn't what happened to you, it was how you dealt with it.

The truth is, most people love change until it affects them.

Jack turned, and it was just as well he was looking at me rather than at the audience for never, I swear, did such utter amazement fill a man's face. He gobbled like a turkey cock, his eyes almost started from his head, his jaw fell open and he stepped back as though he had been pricked.

If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid seeing yourself in the mirror, because I bet that's what REALLY throws you into a panic.

None love the messenger who brings bad news.

People react to fear, not love - they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true.

When they did, she wore a dress, but she grumbled the whole time.

Well! I'm glad you didn't call him a buffoon." "Or pompous," Pauline added. "Or ignorant," Jeb chimed in. "Or an ass," Kaden said. "I didn't call him an ass." Rafe grunted. "You may as well have." Now

Crown Prince Walther of Morrighan was dead... Silence choked the crowd for a moment and then mother after mother, sister, father, wife, brother, fell to their knees.

My mind reasons that there's nothing to be afraid of, but something inside me I can't control reacts differently.

The crowd went wild, and a few girls standing near me whispered among themselves. I thought it was time for him to put his shirt back on. (pg 242)