Startled Cat Quotes

#1. Legion hissed like a startled cat, the noise scraping at Reyes's skin. "Me no boy. You think me a boy?"
Everyone stopped, stared. Even Aeron.
Reyes was the first to find his voice. "You're a ... girl?"
A nod. "Me pretty."
"Yes, you are." Reyes exchanged a glance with Lucien. "Beautiful.

Gena Showalter

#2. You simply cannot tell other people they are stupid, even if they really are stupid.

Temple Grandin

#3. Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.

Hans Kung

#4. I might never stop fearing tomorrow, Braden," I admitted calmly. "The future and what it can take from me, scares me. And sometimes I freak out, and sometimes my freak-outs hurt the people closest to me."
"I understand that. I can deal with it. You have to trust me.

Samantha Young

#5. She was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off. The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice.

Lewis Carroll

#6. When you are in a relationship, you want the other person to appreciate the things you like. It sounds superficial, but it's nice.

Diane Kruger

#7. I feel 21. I've looked after myself and take my football seriously.

Jermain Defoe

#8. Hi, Lady Jane!" A large grey cat leaped from some neighbouring shelf on his shoulder and startled us all.

Charles Dickens

#9. A statement made from the heart has an aroma, it has lights, it has earth and
sun and moon. It is colorful and it grasps the attention of those around you,
like the sunset.

Beth Johnson

#10. Forty is ... an age at which people have histories and options. At thirty, they had perhaps less history. At fifty, perhaps fewer options.

Ellen Goodman

#11. Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested destroys its chance of revenge.

Seneca The Younger

#12. And have your mother put my head on a stake? Do you have any notion what that would do to my handsome good looks?

Catherine Gilbert Murdock

#13. The final word on the political non-implications of group differences must go to Gloria Steinem: There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and all the other occupations should be open to everyone.

Steven Pinker

#14. The falling away of things we carry around with us, twilight and chimney smoke.

Don DeLillo