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Quotes About Surprise

Lass, if I have you here for such a short time, I doona want to quarrel with you. For now, let me show you Kinevane." He crossed to the thick curtains, opening them wide, then returned for her. Though she stiffened and leaned away, he lifted her into his arms, carrying her across the spacious room to the balcony. "You'll be surprised to know that it's still mine. No Walmart.
~ Kresley Cole
passed through her into the wall, he pissed himself.
~ Kresley Cole
You're done with work for the day." It's not a question. "Am I?" "Meet me out front." The line goes dead.
~ Kyra Davis
How sharper than a serpent's tooth is an awakening without tea!
~ Kyril Bonfiglioli
Sleep is not, with me, a mere switching off: it is a very positive pleasure to be supped and savoured with expertise. It was a good night; sleep pampered me like a familiar, salty mistress who yet always has a new delight with which to surprise her jaded lover.
~ Kyril Bonfiglioli
She kept her youth to a marvelous degree. Perhaps this was because she always seemed to preserve that attitude of delighted surprise towards life which most of us leave behind in childhood, an attitude which not only made Rosemary herself seem young but flung a pleasing illusion of youth over the consciousness of everyone who talked to her.
~ L M Montgomery
and the next moment all of them were filled with wonder. For they saw, standing in just the spot the screen had hidden, a little old man, with a bald head and a wrinkled face, who seemed to be as much surprised as they were.
~ L. Frank Baum
Tarts and tadpoles!...The boy is still alive!
~ L. Frank Baum
The beauty of life is its sudden changes. No one knows what is going to happen next, and so we are constantly being surprised and entertained.
~ L. Frank Baum
It's the thing we don't expect, Billina, that usually happens, observed the girl, thoughtfully.
~ L. Frank Baum
Lions and tigers and Funkyoid, oh my!
~ L. Frank Baum
The beauty of life is its sudden changes. No one knows what is going to happen next, and so we are constantly being surprised and entertained. The many ups and downs should not discourage us, for if we are down, we know that a change is coming and we will go up again; while those who are up are almost certain to go down.
~ L. Frank Baum
I fell in love with you. I didn't do it on purpose
~ L.J. Smith
Emailing a meaningful photograph to someone who is not expecting it can change a relationship forever.
~ Nick Kelsh
There is a close relationship between the "ha-ha" of humor and the "aha!" of discovery.
~ Roger von Oech
I know a lot of people didn't expect our relationship to last - but we've just celebrated our two months' anniversary.
~ Britt Ekland
We're, ah, taking a break to evaluate things, and, um, reexamine our relationship, so I stuffed him in a closet!" I burst out in shame. Timmie's eyes goggled. Is he still there?
~ Jeaniene Frost
If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder.
~ Pope John Paul I
It was like magic, but so much of magic is about misdirection, whereas so much of redemption is straightforward and ordinary, piercing true and lit with surprise.
~ Geoffrey Wood, The God Cookie
It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really respect.
~ Bonnie Raitt
Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel.
~ Walter Scott
There's really not much in life that's as violent or traumatic as an encounter with somebody who really surprises you and opens up that strange dynamic that's involved in romantic love.
~ John Maus
Sometimes my husband will surprise me with flowers for no reason. Unexpected romantic gestures are very important and keep things exciting.
~ Adriana Lima
Who's there?" "The scratcher of your itch," he said. She opened the door a crack and stuck her nose out. "Was that supposed to be romantic?
~ Jill Shalvis