#astonished

You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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I am astonished and surprised that someone could consider making a film about me without talking to me about it. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#am #astonished #consider #could #film

I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#both #english #english literature #extraordinary #fiction

If some longing goes unmet, don't be astonished. We call that Life. ↗

— Anna Freud

#call #goes #life #longing #some

Job was astonished at seeing Almighty God so intent on doing good to us that He seems to have nothing more at heart than to love us and to induce us to love Him in return. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#almighty god #astonished #doing #doing good #god

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#chosen #literature #love #others

People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished they are very apt to think they ought to be alarmed. The truth is none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it. ↗

— Jane Porter

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When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#author #charmed #expected #find #natural

I'm still astonished that somebody would offer me a job and pay me to do what I wanted to do. ↗

— Chuck Jones

#i #job #me #offer #pay

I'm astonished by my success. ↗

— Danielle Steel

#i #success