#astonishment — Public Fediverse posts

#astonishment : great surprise or amazement

- French: étonnement

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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SONG OF THE WEEK—“It’s in Your Hands + Variations on Satie” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/its-in-your-hands-variations-on-satie-2

#eriksatie #birthday #velvetgentleman #suzannevaladon #dariusmilhaud #igorstravinsky #tango #holytrinity #gnosseinnes #greek #knossos #ariadne #minotaur #vase #astonishment #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter

SONG OF THE WEEK—“It’s in Your Hands + Variations on Satie” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/its-in-your-hands-variations-on-satie-2

#eriksatie #birthday #velvetgentleman #suzannevaladon #dariusmilhaud #igorstravinsky #tango #holytrinity #gnosseinnes #greek #knossos #ariadne #minotaur #vase #astonishment #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter

#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- French: étonnement

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- French: étonnement

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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we took the hound for a long urban ramble and he was ASTONISHED that we kept running into dogs that looked just like him

#dogs #windows #astonishment #ghosteye

we took the hound for a long urban ramble and he was ASTONISHED that we kept running into dogs that looked just like him

#dogs #windows #astonishment #ghosteye

#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- French: étonnement

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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A quotation from Douglas Adams

Gordon Way’s astonishment at being suddenly shot dead was nothing to his astonishment at what happened next.

Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
Dirk Gently, No. 1, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, ch. 7 (1987)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-douglas/78249/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #dirkgently #afterlife #astonishment #cliffhanger #death #killing #murder #surprise

A quotation from Emerson

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Art,” Essays: First Series, No. 12

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #astonishment #commonsense #honesty #humannature #shock #simplicity #straightforwardness #surprise

#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- French: étonnement

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- French: étonnement

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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A quotation from Clarke, Arthur C.:

«
The Universe appears to be a device contrived for the perpetual astonishment of astronomers.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/clarke-arthur-c/72271/

#quote #quotes #quotation #astonishment #astronomer #astronomy #nature #universe #wonder #discovery #science

But I don’t want to see what I’ve already seen, or write about what everyone already knows. I want to dazzle myself. I want to live in the knowledge (as Borges once said, citing Shakespeare) that “there are more things.”
-Benjamín Labatut

#writing #astonishment #Shakespeare #Borges #Labatut #PayingAttention

But I don’t want to see what I’ve already seen, or write about what everyone already knows. I want to dazzle myself. I want to live in the knowledge (as Borges once said, citing Shakespeare) that “there are more things.”
-Benjamín Labatut

#writing #astonishment #Shakespeare #Borges #Labatut #PayingAttention

#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- French: étonnement

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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