Quotes About Unexpected

Some guys surprise you like that.

And then the surface beneath us just went away

The universe paid me in moose

She never knew where he was, in what city or on what continent, the day after she had seen him. He always came to her unexpectedly—and she liked it, because it made him a continuous presence in her life, like the ray of a hidden light that could hit her at any moment.

She came back many days later. She saw him, unexpectedly, on a flat stretch of stone before her, by the side of the path. She stopped short. She did not want to come too close. It was strange to see him before her, without the defence and excuse of distance.

no sentiste nunca la impresión de que de niño te habían prometido algo, y luego te miras y piensas: Entonces no sabía que me sucedería todo eso, y te das cuenta de que todo es extraño, y ridículo, y un poco triste a la vez?»

V]alue your dreams but . . . be wary of them also, . . . look for integrity in unusual places.

I have now become something of an expert in the ways of "decisive" men. They are not firm, they just seem to be. Because they have a formula for everything, which they forcibly impose, they seem confident. But they cannot face the unexpected. They can be far less capable in a crisis than the seemingly fragile women they bully and are secretly afraid of.

If you ask me, when something extraordinary shows up in your life in the middle of the night, you give it a name and make it the best home you can.

When something extraordinary shows up in your life in the middle of the night, you give it a name and make it the best home you can.

But a spontaneous traveler inevitably will end up with the tummy gauge suddenly on empty, in some place where cuisine is not really the point: a museum cafeteria, or late-night snack bar across from the concert hall. Eating establishments where cuisine isn't the point—is that a strange notion?

She had already grabbed him under his soggy armpits and was struggling him up the bank toward the flat ground of her front orchard. He had never felt her touch or her grip before and was shocked by this little woman's strength. He tried to help with his useless legs, but he felt as if he were participating in the sport of alligator wrestling and knew, with a sinking heart, that he was the alligator.

As for Stefano... I had not expected we would see him that evening, since he had favored us with his presence for tea, but there he was, with that black stick balanced in his fingers, looking me over with a cool stare. Well schooled as his face was, I thought I detected an even more fiery emotion than usual in his blazing blue eyes, and I made him a mocking little bow.

Well, Pat, you aren't going to believe this…

as she smiled and chatted and explained she felt like someone entertaining unexpected visitors with a dead body under the sofa.

Because maybe the surprise was hiding down there with a red ribbon on top of it.

And what's this the cat's dragged in then? Lochinvar,' she said acidly.

some of their texts reappeared by sheer serendipity in modern times.

Roll me in sugar and call me a fuckin jelly-doughnut!

Tonight, however, the impossible was selling cheap.

Julie had always believed that even if it's the big, unexpected events (good and bad) that make life memorable and occasionally exciting, it's the small, predictable routines that hold life together and make it worth living.

serendipitous fruit

One of the most powerful laws in the universe is the law of unintended consequences.

endangered joy of serendipity