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Quotes About Unexpected

Oww…," he said. "There'd have been a bigger oww if he hadn't swerved," I said. "That would not look good on your obituary. Survived a helicopter crash, armed kidnappers, and three days in the woods, only to get mowed down by a passing redneck." "From now on, we'll flag down cars from the shoulder." Daniel looked at Corey, who was rubbing his sore butt. "Or maybe the ditch.
~ Kelley Armstrong
Someone yelled something downstairs, and I said, "Come on," suddenly realizing I really didn't want to be found with Rafe in Daniel's bedroom, however innocent the explanation.
~ Kelley Armstrong
Corey was already gone, heading for the stairs again. He took them two at a time. Then he pitched forward, hands clutching his head as he let out something between a moan and a strangled cry. Daniel raced upstairs to help him to his feet…and Corey promptly puked on him. "You were done with that shirt, right?
~ Kelley Armstrong
I was in the Tillsons' bathroom, still dressed, starting the shower, when I heard a faint click, and I wheeled to see Rafe coming in, holding a card he'd used to pop the lock. His free hand covered his eyes. "Excuse--" I began. "Oh, sorry. Didn't know you were in here," he said, his hand still over his eyes as he frantically motioned, apparently trying to stop me from stating the obvious--that he'd broken in and knew full well I was here.
~ Kelley Armstrong
As if things weren't awkward enough without Meggie, naked, suddenly standing there. Everybody naked, nobody happy. It's Scandinavian art porn.
~ Kelly Link
The original eight cryptanalysts were supplemented, after Pearl Harbor, by some of the musicians from the band of the sunken battleship California. For reasons no one understood, musicians were good at decoding.
~ Ken Follett
Un completo desconocido se me acercó y me dijo: Eres tu... !Cuanto tiempo! Tienes que casarte conmigo antes de que vuelvas a desaparecer. Creí que estaba loco.
~ Ken Follett
It was a sudden reminder that life was unpredictable.
~ Ken Follett
I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise.
~ Mark Gatiss
Adversity is always unexpected and unwelcomed. It is an intruder and a thief. But in the hands of God, adversity becomes the means through which HIS Supernatural Power is demonstrated.
~ Charles Stanley
I can depend less and less on my own power and sense of direction...It is so strange to advance backwards and get where you are going in a totally unexpected way
~ Thomas Merton
The people who fear humor - and they are many - are suspicious of its power to present things in unexpected lights, to question received opinions and to suggest unforeseen possibilities.
~ Robertson Davies
Cricket could barely believe her eyes... but when that shotgun went off with a boom, so did the snake. Up until yesterday, Cricket has never seen a snake fly!
~ Darwun St. James, CRICKET
Don't anticipate for a promise, let it be an unexpected favour, this will increase your power of independence.
~ Michael Bassey Johnson
We may surprised at whom God sends to answer our prayers.
~ Janette Oke
God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face. A gauntlet with a gift in't.
~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.
~ William Shakespeare
Love sought is good, but giv'n unsought is better.
~ William Shakespeare
He's sudden if a thing comes in his head.
~ William Shakespeare
But my favorite selfie was when a monkey threw poo at Fred.
~ William Thomas
Quotologists encounter happy surprises, bright books by faded authors, treasures hidden under dust.
~ Willis Goth Regier
The human story does not always unfold like a mathematical calculation on the principle that two and two make four. Sometimes in life they make five or minus three; and sometimes the blackboard topples down in the middle of the sum and leaves the class in disorder and the pedagogue with a black eye.
~ Winston Churchill
Things do not always happen as one plans. There are many disappointments in life. There is always the unexpected. You plan carefully, you decide on one step after another, and then...well, that is life. We are not God. So you see, one cannot afford to be weighed down by the unexpected. You will find that only determination will bring one through, sheer determination. And faith in God. Don't ever neglect your prayers....
~ Wole Soyinka
of unseasonal but nonetheless good tidings.
~ Wole Soyinka