143 Quotes About Shock

Ricky just listens. He isn't shocked. He isn't surprised. He listens to me because he knows. He knows the shame and the guilt and the sorrow and the rage. And he does not judge me. He just listens.

Trying to be offensive for the sole purpose of being offensive should always deem one the least offensive of offenders.

Sometimes you take all my words away from me.

God has mercifully ordered that the human brain works slowly; first the blow, hours afterwards the bruise.

Some small rational part of me realized I was in deep shock. It repeated the fact to me again and again. I did not want to think of what I saw. I did not want to know what had happened here. I did not want to know what any of this meant.

The good thing about shocking is that it clears the brain of preconceptions for a moment, and in that moment the work has a chance to cut through all the habits and learnt behavior of the viewer and make a fresh impact, before all the conditioning crowds in again.

I drew a deep breath, trying to think of something to say, then pulled a handkerchief from my pocket and gave it to him."Are you breathing, Ian?"His mouth twitched a little."Aye, I think so.""That's all you have to do, for now.

I drew a deep breath, trying to think of something to say, then pulled a handkerchief from my pocket and gave it to him."Are you breathing, Ian?"His mouth twitched a little."Aye, I htink so.""That's all you have to do, for now.

I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page.