Quotes About Unexpected

That was an accident," Mr. Ravenel said over her head, breathing hard. "Yes," Phoebe said dazedly, "I understand." "The book was falling … I was reaching for it, and … your lips were in the way.

What the devil is going on?" West spluttered as Kathleen towed him outside and around to the side of the stables. "I dressed and came to the stables at the crack of dawn--" "The crack of dawn was four hours ago.

Sometimes it's not the truth itself but the surprise that feels like a blow.

She wanted to surprise us," Andrew replies. "With a dead body?" my father demands. "Oh Jesus fuck, you Love men are drama queens. I didn't drop a dead body off when I got here.

Jesus, do you always show up like this, at the craziest of times and in the oddest of places? I sure hope so.

Most girls get flowers or candy. I get a declaration of martial law.

Prayers are answered in ways we don't choose. The river of grace bubbles up in unexpected places.

Everything has to do with rockets. Launching a rocket is similar to any endeavor in life. You formulate your best plans prior to, but you must be aware that, at any moment, the unexpected may come along. Events can deviate from plan. If you wait until you can foresee everything, you'll never launch. The best you can do is to aim high and plan for contingencies.

Whatever was bound to happen in my story did not happen. But I know there are rules that cannot be broken. Perhaps a name was changed. A small mistake. Perhaps a woman I do not know is facing the day with the heavy heart that, by all rights, should have been mine.

Whoa dude. My belt came undone when you said that.

One might have practiced on a spiritual path for thirty years, or one might be walking through a dappled wood, or one might have just met a friend who will be a friend forever—suddenly love is present, arriving unexpectedly, as a tender feeling, a fragrance in the heart.

The surprising thing is where I'd found him – not up a tree or sulking in the shade, or splashing around in one of the hill streams, but in a book. No one had told us kids to look there for a friend.

Not surprisingly, the kitchen was the most interesting, but only because I discovered a package of Oreos in the cupboard.

Even choosing the perfect dinner wine loses its earth-shattering importance if your guests happen to be cannibals, and you, the unsuspecting entree.

Just when you think you have life by the tail, it's likely to whip around and take a hunk outta your balls.

The trouble with insanity is it can flare up at the most inconvenient moments.

It's a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you didn't even know you were aiming for.

I loved that the Iranians never quite did what you thought they were going to do, or even, what you wanted them to do. The whole damn place reeked of cheeky bad-boy charm, and to this, I was not immune.

Pain and loneliness washed over her. It would come like this, out of nowhere, at the most unexpected times, prompted by some small thing. Or it would rise like a flood from her belly

Who knew grief could be so goddamned physical, a dark and sly trickster that blindsided you when you weren't even thinking about loss,

Dain wasn't certain what exactly was wrong with her, but he had no doubt that something was. He was Lord Beelzebub, wasn't he? She was supposed to faint, or recoil in horrified revulsion at the very least. Yet she had gazed at him as bold as brass, and it had seemed for a moment as though the creature were actually flirting with him.

Lydia: What the devil do you mean by creeping up on me? You're suppose to be in a brothel. Vere: I lied. I can't believe you fell for the old going-to-a-brothel ruse. You didn't even look out the window to make sure I'd gone away.

One day I want to surprise everyone by doing something unexpected and amazing, so I can be proud of myself.

Unaccountably disappointed, Conor did the only thing he could do and took a consolatory bite of his mince pie. Oh well.