Quotes About Surprise

Personally, I think knees should be kept for the eighth or ninth date, or the wedding day. As a nice surprise you know? 'oh, my darling, you have knees! I never would have thought

People!" she screamed. "There are people here! New people!

It always surprised Valkyrie whenever she realized just how close the weird and the wonderful, and the fierce and the frightening, lived to the rest pf the non-magical, mortal world.

I was going straight for Mantis, but then that bloody gas got in my eyes and, I don't know, some massive bloke reared up in front of me. I hit him, but I swear, it was like hiting a wall." Gracious nodded. "You hit a wall." Maybury blinked at him. "I what?" "I saw it. You ran into a cloud of gas and stumbled around for a second until you reached a wall, and then you shrieked and punched it. It was very heroic.

If you hear any screaming, that'll be me. – Skulduggery

Weren't expecting this, were you, Mr. Detective? Probably thought, once a mountain fell on her, you'd seen the last of our sister, eh?" "To be honest," Skulduggery said, "yes.

Personally, I think knees should be kept for the eight or ninth date, or the wedding day. As a nice surprise, you know? ' Oh, my darling, you have knees! I never would have thought!

We're going to get killed, aren't we?" "It looks likely. Our only hope is a surprise attack." "They're looking right at us." "Dammit.

Hmmm... that's interesting." "What?" "There seems to be a gentleman walking towards us with a shotgun.

Skulduggery: I don't know what they are, but there are dozens of them, relatively small, moving as a pack Valkyrie: They might be kittens Skulduggery: They're stalking us Valkyrie: They might be shy Skulduggery: I don't think they're kittens Valkyrie: Puppies then?

Personally, I thin knees should be kept for the eight or ninth date, or the wedding day. As a nice surprise, you know? ' Oh, my darling, you have knees! I never would have thought!

Tanith looked back to Valkyrie. "And Val, relax, OK? We've though of everything." "Skulduggery told me once that only he thinks of everythings, but he doesn't do it very often because it spoils the surprise."... "Easy as proverbial pie." "Unless something goes wrong," Valkyrie said. "Well, yes. Unless something goes horribly, dreadfully wrong. Which it usually does of course.

Pleasnt tilted his head curiously. "Scaramouch? Scaramouch Van Dreg? Is that you?" Scaramouch smiled nastily. "Oh yes. You have fallen into the clutches of your deadliest enemy." "What are you doing here?

So I've been in a coma for... how long?" "A year and a half." Melancholia's eyes widened. "What? A year and a half? What the hell?

Well," Skulduggery said, "purely to get this out of the way, I'll just go ahead and say it. There does not seem to be any sign of a railway track on the carpet or, indeed, a train hiding behind the sofa. And I don't think one could have fitted through the door.

At a gesture, the window flew open and China vaulted out.

Scapegrace swivelled his eyes to her and she yelped and dropped his head. He bounced, and landed on his ear. "I'll get you," he wheezed. "All of you. You're dead!" Valkyrie didn't know what to do. She glanced back. Even Melancholia's eyes widened in surprise.

Stephanie, what are you doing here? – Gordon (in the Echo Stone)

Does this mean we're now sharing the Bentley?" Skulduggery stiffened. "Dear me, no. Not in the slightest." She clutched the key to her chest. "You mean I now own the Bentley? You're giving her to me?" "OK, I'm changing my mind about this whole thing," he said, and reached for the key. "No take backsies," said Valkyrie, and shut the door.

Amber stared at him. Glen started crying. It kind of ruined the moment.

Please don't tell me you're in love with my granny.

Valkyrie frowned. "You think this is a trap?" "I don't know," he said, "but I try not to underestimate my opponents, no matter how ridiculous their beards.

Her dad came down the stairs, picked up the passport and opened it. "This isn't mine," he said. "This belongs to an ugly man wearing a stupid expression.

A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us.