Quotes About Surprise

One of the many things that surprised me about Wool is how many of its fans don't consider themselves science fiction readers.

You could've at least let me know you weren't dead by the way. I was actually kind of sad about that." "That's a pretty incredible sentiment, coming from you.

He steadied himself by resting one palm on her thigh and the other on the armrest, and rose to his knees. "I'll be damned.""Possibly. But not today, I think.

Well we've moved through the funfair a bit - we've done the rollercoaster, now we're on the ghost train.

Not by appointment do we meet Delight And Joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner in the streets of life, They, on a sudden, clasp us with a smile.

I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I would see.

I didn't know it would be black," she murmured with a little smile. Horror flooded his face. "Oh, Christ!

Nothing prepared me for your smile

First you will smile, and then you will cry -- don't say you haven't been warned.

A lot of people are actually surprised when I do open up my mouth and smile a little bit, and crack a joke and drink a beer.

Fortuna smiles and frowns according to a timetable surprising even to herself.

Our eyes met across the crowded room, like in the movies, except we didn't share a knowing smile and race into each other's arms. Instead I fell into the trash can.

You wake up every morning with a smile on your face because you've got a new day you never expected to have. And there's a sense of wonderment. Nothing short of magical.

It's unbelievable I'm swimming so fast. I went in with no expectations. I just went out hoping to get a personal best. I went out there with a smile, just to have fun and see what would happen.

I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I'd see.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

I like that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most about writing--that words can be used in a way that's like a child playing in a sandpit, rearranging things, swapping them around. They're the best moments in a day of writing -- when an image appears that you didn't know would be there when you started work in the morning.

La interrupción, la incoherencia, la sorpresa son las condiciones habituales de nuestra vida. Se han convertido incluso en necesidades reales para muchas personas, cuyas mentes sólo se alimentan […] de cambios súbitos y de estímulos permanentemente renovados […] Ya no toleramos nada que dure. Ya no sabemos cómo hacer para lograr que el aburrimiento dé fruto.

One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.

looks as if I have an open umbrella concealed under my skirt. How did that happen?

It's take-your-nephew-to-work day.' 'Cool!' 'But we're not your nephews,' Billy objected.

OHMYGODHE'SGOTAGUN!!!

Earp forced Kowalsky into a back room, pulled out a revolver, and told the lawyer to get ready to meet his maker. Kowalsky's jowly face dropped onto his chest and he dozed off. Earp stormed from the room, saying, "What can you do with a man who goes to sleep just when you're going to kill him!

They have come across an aspect of product performance about a brand that is startlingly impressive: that a Land Rover is designed to be able to drive 4,000 miles continually off-road, for example; that the airline I flew in on this morning had a masseuse on the plane that gave me a neck massage when I woke up; or that an ice cream that was forced upon me last night contained preposterously large chunks of Toffee Chocolate Fudge.