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The story of my marriage, which is the great joy and astonishment of my life, is too much like a fairy tale, the German kind, unsweetened by Disney. — Ann Patchett

I shall continue to explore-the astonishment of living. — Enid Bagnold

The astonishment of life is the absence of any appearances of reconciliation between the theory and the practice of life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment! — Ellis Peters

Elinor looked at him with greater astonishment than ever. She began to think that he must be in liquor... — Jane Austen

Felt astonishment at the idea of that much leisure that much spare cash flying away into bottles and vials. — Rose Tremain

People travel to marvel at the mountains, seas, rivers and stars and they pass right by themselves without astonishment. — Saint Augustine

A quite specific astonishment stands at the beginning of every theological perception, inquiry, and thought. — Karl Barth

Louisiana has a larger alligator population than any other state. Just over a million."
"Over a million!" exclaimed Amelia with astonishment. — Linda Weaver Clarke

Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible. — Eugene Ionesco

Astonishment is the proper response to reality. — Terence McKenna

He knew, for the moment, that he felt affection for Roark; an affection that held pain, astonishment and helplessness. — Ayn Rand

I find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it. — Theodore Sturgeon

When she was done, Blaise stared at her in astonishment. "Did you just read and understand that whole book?" "Yes." Unable — Dima Zales

Call me Beth, please," she said. "I am no longer Mrs. Ackerley and have become, to our mutual astonishment, your sister." Hart — Jennifer Ashley

Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud man. — Charles Caleb Colton

I find to my astonishment that an unhappy marriage goes on being unhappy when it is over. — Rebecca West

I sometimes think that the universe is a machine designed for the perpetual astonishment of astronomers. — Arthur C. Clarke

This is the true wine of astonishment: We are not over when we think we are. — Alice Walker

It felt so amazing to be alive I could never think of anything else. — Marty Rubin

The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment. — Celia Green

Mr Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a Professor. — J.K. Rowling

The ideas are secondary to the primary premise of people's potential. I'm always in wonder and astonishment. — Jean Houston

Magic is not about having a puzzle to solve. It's about creating a moment of awe and astonishment. And that can be a beautiful thing — David Blaine

I am being followed, I realized, with a blend of certitude and astonishment, like a soldier discovering that gangrene has taken hold of his leg. — Roberto Bolano

Live in a perpetual great astonishment. — Theodore Roethke

Now and again I feel the astonishment of being alive like this, in this body. — Stephen Dunn

Then, dramatically, all of a sudden, totally out of nowhere, and to my utter astonishment, absolutely nothing happens. — James Marshall

One day, to everyone's astonishment, someone drops a match in the powder keg and everything blows up. — James A. Baldwin

To his astonishment and terror, and lasting delight, Sam saw a vast shape crash out of the trees and come careering down the slope. — J.R.R. Tolkien

The Emrys! The Emrys is here!'
Merlin shook his head in astonishment. 'Has it come to this?' he wondered. 'Even small children know me by sight. — Stephen R. Lawhead

Attention, if sudden and close, graduates into surprise; and this into astonishment; and this into stupefied amazement. — Charles Darwin

Sometimes, people trying to commit suicide manage it in a manner that leaves them breathless with astonishment. — Salman Rushdie

Life is shit, thought Pelletier in astonishment, all of it. — Roberto Bolano

To mourn, perhaps, is simply to prolong a posture of astonishment ... — Sara Suleri

The only thing that should astonish us is that anything can yet astonish us. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Each individual fact, taken by itself, can indeed arouse our curiosity or our astonishment, or be useful to us in its practical applications. — Hermann Von Helmholtz

Your total intelligence knows how to accomplish astounding feats. You just need a clear objective. Get clear. You will surprise yourself! — Bryant McGill

HELPED are those who are shown the existence of the Creator's magic in the Universe; they shall experience delight and astonishment without ceasing. — Alice Walker

Mrs. Pontellier gave over being astonished, and concluded that wonders would never cease. — Kate Chopin

He saw in Mr Chivery, with some astonishment, quite an Allegory of Silence, — Charles Dickens

I can't believe it. You're finally mine," he said, astonishment in his voice."I was always yours. — Alison G. Bailey

Witness each moment in astounded jubilation. Take every holy breath in gratitude. Rejoice in life! — Bryant McGill

They seek neither truth nor likelihood; they seek astonishment. They think metaphysics is a branch of the literature of fantasy — Jorge Luis Borges

I am interested only in the unknown and I work for my own astonishment. — Roberto Matta

There is a fine line between wishing to produce child-like astonishment and treating people like infants. — Derren Brown

A lot of what I am looking for is a moment of astonishment, he says. Those moments of pure consciousness when you involuntarily inhale and say 'Wow!' — Joel Meyerowitz

We live in very remarkable times. We find with astonishment that progress has concluded an alliance with barbarism. — Sigmund Freud

Not touching but joined in astonishment as two cuts lie parallel in the same flesh. — Anne Carson

If there be a skeptical star I was born under it. Yet I have lived all my days in complete astonishment. — William Macneile Dixon

There's nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you're meant to do. It's like falling in love. — Mike Nichols

Astonishment is the root of philosophy. — Paul Tillich

He answered the phone to his daughter with a broken but joyous heart, ready to speak with her of astonishment and wonder. — Patrick Ness

The worship of convention has never yet led to astonishment and a joyous leap in human potential. — Tama J. Kieves

Yeah, well, food's one of the five exceptions to Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfigurations, said Ron, to general astonishment. — J.K. Rowling

There is that unique moment when one confronts something new and astonishment begins. — Diane Ackerman

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

Retain, even in opposition, your capacity for astonishment. — Thaddeus Stevens

In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces astonishment. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

The politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope. — Max Lerner

A fool who has a flash of wit creates astonishment and scandal, like hack-horses setting out to gallop. — Nicolas Chamfort

Relearn astonishment. — Elias Canetti

Who can adequately express his astonishment at the changes of fortune, and the mysterious vicissitudes in human affairs? — Stacy Schiff

The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich — Andrew Carnegie

When my astonishment had worn off, and then my awe, and then my delight, I looked over at the Chief. — J.D. Salinger

Rome is an astonishment! — Harriet Beecher Stowe

[D]avid began to argue, with the whining intonations of German astonishment, [ ... ] that everyone did it. — Vladimir Nabokov

My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face. — Florentijn Hofman

I am all astonishment. — Jane Austen

His face registered the five stages of unlawful investigation: disbelief, skepticism, impatience, irritation, and astonishment. — Suzanne M. Trauth

Gordon Way's astonishment at being suddenly shot dead was nothing compared to his astonishment at what happened next. — Douglas Adams

When I wake up, I wake to something worse. It's the astonishment of being myself — Jorge Luis Borges