Quotes About Surprises

Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do—the actual act of writing—turns out to be the best part. It's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own reward.

Sometimes love does not look like what you had in mind

publication is not all that it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do—the actual act of writing—turns out to be the best part. It's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own reward.

We tend not to choose the unknown which might be a shock or a disappointment or simply a little difficult to cope with. And yet it is the unknown with all its disappointments and surprises that is the most enriching. In so many ways this

The future is a fabric of interlacing possibilities," he said. "Some of which gradually become probabilities, and a few of which become inevitabilities, but there are surprises sewn into the warp and the woof, which can tear it apart.

So many unexpected people seemed to edge into a person's life, once that person had children.

Morris. Mercy filed the name in her memory. So many unexpected people seemed to edge into a person's life, once that person had children.

nothing in life turns out as we thought it would, nothing...

You know, there are just some things you never expect to face even on this job. A flying primate that shoots fire out its nose is one of them.

Parenthood is an equal share of awe and ah, crap. -Galene

Life is like a box of chocolates, I'm a nerd and I read books

You never know about life.

there are times when life surprises one, and anything may happen, even what one had hoped for.

When you've come face-to-face with the dark side of the school yard, life doesn't hold many surprises.

My life/career is more filled with left-field thrills than I could ever have hoped for.

Things you never thought were going to turn into something end up being the most important things in your life. You have to learn to not try to control it.

We do not always get what we want. Sometimes life presents us with surprises.

Life is like a box of terrible analogies.

You really can't prepare for anything in life. The second you know what's going to happen, there's always a curve ball, so I'm just chillin', cruising along for the ride.

You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet.

Life happens whilst you're planning other things.

Life is what's going on while your making other plans.

Life doesn't always end up with a bow wrapped around it.

I could never have dreamed the life I lead. Given where I started, it's remarkable to me the constant adventure that my life has become.