Quotes About Surprise

Practically speaking, it was like carrying a Labrador retriever over a tightrope and having a squirrel race past.

Shit my pants, see how long it takes them to notice.

for how could anyone not know by now how mischievous the world could be?

Nothing spoils lunch any quicker than a rogue meatball rampaging through your spaghetti.

I'm hoping to be astonished tomorrow by I don't know what.

There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I've used every one, but there is only one plot – things are not as they seem.

Kent's knock came at 4:30 on a Thursday while Derek was having a cup of coffee, smoking a joint, and eating a piece of sponge cake.

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.

Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.

There were no ordinary human beings. Everybody was born with a surprise inside.

You might ask yourself why you want to surprise your readers in the first place. A surprise ending is sort of like a surprise party. Probably some people, somewhere, enjoy having friends and trusted colleagues lunge at them in the sudden blinding light of their own living room, but I don't think most of us do.

Only in art were there cliches; never in nature. There were no ordinary human beings. Everybody was born with surprise inside.

You don't know which way a thing will come at you, but you need to welcome it with your whole heart which ever way it arrives.

I reached into my bag and pulled out a pumpkin spice muffin with walnuts that was as moist as anything. "It can be plain for breakfast or I can top it with cream cheese frosting. I like a muffin that can go from day to evening." I gave it to her. She sniffed it, nodded, and held it up. "How do I know you're not trying to poison me?" I wasn't expecting that question. "Ms. Morningstar, I swear, if I was going to poison you, I wouldn't ruin a perfectly fine muffin to do it.

You think all teenagers care about are musicians and movie stars? Spend some time in Wisconsin. We'll blow your socks off.

It's one of my inventions-a shampoo," Athena explained. "Anyway, I didn't know it would do"-she gestured toward the snakes-"that.

Just when I thought I'd never find you You appear.

The one thing women don't want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband.

He went on to the outside door, opened it, and stepped back to let me out. Or I thought he was going to let me out. I stepped forward and he stepped sideways, and we bumped into each other again. Suddenly we were standing in the doorway, nose to nose. This time neither of us moved. We stood just there. The moment would have passed if either one of us had reacted normally. Or maybe we did react normally. It was a heck of a kiss.

Just when I finally found fifteen minutes for myself, the dead man came to the door.

Jesus Christ… Thank fuck for that," Picnic said. "Nope, not Jesus, just a man," Horse whispered. "Although when women see my dick for the first time, they've been known to fall down on their knees and worship me.

You want to kick me in the balls again?" Christ, did those words just come out of my mouth?

Babe, I nearly shot Skid in the ass one time because a spider fell on me while I was holding a gun," I finally managed to say. "Those things freak me right the hell out. They got eight fuckin' legs, and that ain't natural. That's some Dr. Seuss shit right there.

What the hell is that?" I asked. "I mean, what are you supposed to be dressed like?" "I'm a sexy carrot." I looked at Dad and shook my head slowly. He wouldn't meet my eyes.