Quotes About Paled

On an errand that was not likely to be pleasing if explained to the guard, with no papers in my pocket, with a captor whose very look was enough to terrify anyone, and in a jail that would rival in filthiness any that the Inquisition ever had, I think there are few men who would not have paled," he later wrote.

When Pike finally released the pressure, he knew the pain would burn on with the ferocity of ant poison, so he touched another spot, this one in the man's neck, which reduced the pain. The man sagged, and his face paled to the color of meat left in water.

I'm told the effect is cumulative--it will continue to worsen. Though outwardly calm as he explained this, his face had paled even more. But if you tell me about the Valkyrie's weaknesses, I'll administer the antidote. Weaknesses? So many. Foremost, we're ... ticklish.

The pain was vast. He lay back, balling his fists against his eyes, and concentrated on breathing. His leg throbbed; the pain paled and ebbed while he outwaited it.

Old Castro remembered bits of hideous legend that paled the speculations of theosophists and made man and the world seem recent and transient indeed.

The rabbis paled. I'd managed to terrify holy men. Maybe I could beat up a nun for an encore.