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Quotes About Unexpected

The truth is always a surprise.
~ Hanif Kureishi
Istina nas uvek iznenadi.
~ Hanif Kureishi
Eines Nachts, als sie in ihrem hübschen Bettchen lag, kam durch das Fenster, in dem eine Scheibe zerbrochen war, eine häßliche Kröte hereingehüpft; sie hüpfte gerade auf den Tisch hernieder, wo Däumelieschen lag und unter dem roten Rosenblatte schlief.
~ Hans Christian Andersen
An hour before his world exploded like a ripe tomato under a stiletto heel, Myron bit into a fresh pastry that tasted suspiciously like urinal cake.
~ Harlan Coben
Man plans and God laughs," Myron said. Fat Gandhi smiled. "I like that one. Is that an American expression?" "Yiddish.
~ Harlan Coben
I'm talking to you now not as a United States senator but as a grieving father. A grieving father who just wants to let his son rest in peace. I'm asking you to please stop what you're doing.' The pain in the man's voice was raw. Myron had not expected this. 'I'm not sure I can, Senator.
~ Harlan Coben
Win drove, Myron took the front passenger seat, and Big Cyndi squeezed into the back, which was a little like watching a film of childbirth on rewind. Then they were off.
~ Harlan Coben
Win opened a leather-bound first-edition false front bookcase to reveal a refrigerator. He grabbed a Yoo-hoo chocolate drink and tossed it to Myron. Myron caught it, and reading the directions—"Shake It!"—did just that. Win opened the decanter and poured himself an exclusive cognac called, interestingly enough, The Last Drop. "I
~ Harlan Coben
Grief rarely attacks from the front. It prefers to sneak up on you when you least expect it.
~ Harlan Coben
See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.
~ Patricia Clarkson
If you like a story that's totally different and won't know which way it's going... where it's go ing to end up and which way it's going to take you, then I think my work fits the bill.
~ Rob Walton
I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not something that I even had begun to dream about!
~ Rita Dove
Oh, I sat by Grumpy Cat once. You know that cat everyone is obsessed with? That's pretty random. She's not allowed to be touched. Are you kidding? You can't put a cat next to me and expect me not to touch it.
~ Chrissy Teigen
'Librarians' is surprisingly touching in a lot of ways where it's not expected.
~ Dean Devlin
I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with.
~ Mayer Hawthorne
I used to buy scented poetry books on tour and read aloud to the band. Not what you'd expect, huh?
~ Suzi Quatro
I must be the only player in the world who ever injured himself for a tournament by stepping on a shell on the beach. I don't know what I'm going to do.
~ Goran Ivanisevic
I am kind of the guy you'd expect to be driving an 18-wheeler through town.
~ Rick Majerus
You think your life is going one way and then suddenly, you're on another track.
~ Liam Neeson
We played a festival in Ireland once, and in the middle of 'New Slang,' the Scissor Sisters kicked in across the field on this mega stage. It was a little distracting. It was hard to keep track of what I was supposed to sing.
~ James Mercer
Anytime a guy gets traded at midseason - a young player - it's surprising.
~ Jon Gruden
I read comics and I did science, and never really put them together until I accidentally found myself in the middle of one.
~ Randall Munroe
Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.
~ Lawrence Block
An unexpected benefit of my career in biochemistry has been travel.
~ Paul D. Boyer