#shocked

But there were too many points at which the other self could invade the self he wanted to preserve, and there were too many forms of invasion: certain words, sounds, lights, actions his hands or feet performed, and if he did nothing at all, heard and saw nothing, the shouting of some triumphant inner voice that shocked him and cowed him. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#inner-voice #inner-voicery #invasion #life #lights

I tell you what, I was so shocked because I didn't think the ball had enough to get out. It's an absolutely incredible feeling. I can honestly say I did it. ↗

— Mark McGwire

#ball #because #did #enough #feeling

All of a sudden Kevin told me that the movie got bought and was gonna be shown in a movie theatre. I was shocked. I was psyched. It was just weird. ↗

— Jason Mewes

#gonna #got #i #just #kevin

In the morning he was lying dead on one of the beds fully clothed. He was dead. I got the impression he wanted to go, and I must have killed him. I can't remember strangling him. I just sat there shocked. ↗

— Dennis Nilsen

#clothed #dead #fully #go #got

There is a definite Chinese pop sound developing, but I was shocked at how influenced it is by American music. ↗

— Paul Oakenfold

#american music #chinese #definite #developing #how

I wasn't in any way a kind of soothsayer or not surprised when Sept. 11 happened. I was absolutely shocked. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#any #happened #i #kind #sept

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. ↗

— Noel Coward

#discouraging #few #honesty #how #many

I am, as a European, absolutely shocked by European people. I am also shocked by European nationalist people. They have allowed themselves to be so emasculated so silently. ↗

— Ernst Zundel

#allowed #also #am #european #i

I am shocked at how much time I spend in the White House. I mean, you know, for people on the outside, the idea of going to the White House for a meeting must seem like the most important, serious, even glamorous kind of thing to do. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#even #glamorous #going #house #how

People are quite shocked when you remind them that Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra never wrote a song that they recorded in their lives, as far as I know. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#elvis #elvis presley #far #frank #frank sinatra