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Quotes About Surprise

Kids go splat as they hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground. Kids go splat as they hit the ground, my fair lady.
~ Louis Sachar
Mac raised his hand. "Once I could only find one of my socks," he said. "Man, I looked everywhere for it! Under the bed, in the bathroom. You'll never guess where I finally found it." "In the refrigerator," said Bob. Mac's mouth dropped open. "How'd you know?" Bob shrugged. "Where else?
~ Louis Sachar
This was the eighteenth day in a row that the special was Mushroom Surprise. It was called Mushroom Surprise because it would have been a surprise if anybody had ever ordered it. No one ever did—except Louis, of course. That's why they'd had it for eighteen days. There was always plenty left over.
~ Louis Sachar
He wiped the dirt off and realised it was an onion. He bit into it without peeling it. The hot, bitter juice burst into his mouth. He could feel it all the way up to his eyes. And when he swallowed, he felt its warmth move down his throat and into his stomach. He only ate half. He gave the other half to Zero. Here, eat this. What is it? Zero whispered. A hot-fudge sundae.
~ Louis Sachar
She was standing before a fine portrait of the old gentleman when the door opened again, and, without turning, she said decidedly, 'I'm sure now that I shouldn't be afraid of him, for he's got kind eyes, though his mouth is grim, and he looks as if he had a tremendous will of his own. He isn't as handsome as my grandfather, but I like him.' 'Thank you, ma'am,' said a gruff voice behind her, and there, to her great dismay, stood old Mr. Laurence.
~ Louisa May Alcott
Oh, that is the surprise. It's so lovely, I pity you because you don't know it…
~ Louisa May Alcott
Sometimes when we least expect it, a small cross proves a lovely crown, a seemingly unimportant event becomes a lifelong experience, or a stranger becomes a friend
~ Louisa May Alcott
As they gathered about the table, Mrs. March said, with a particularly happy face, I've got a treat for you after supper.
~ Louisa May Alcott
When the girls saw that performance, Jo began to dance a jig, by way of expressing her satisfaction, Amy nearly fell out of the window in her surprise, and Meg exclaimed, with up–lifted hands, Well, I do believe the world is coming to an end.
~ Louisa May Alcott
something very splendid. What it was, she had no idea as yet, but
~ Louisa May Alcott
Where have you been, and what are you hiding behind you?" asked Meg, surprised to see, by her hood and cloak, that lazy Amy had been out so early. "Don't laugh at me, Jo; I didn't mean anyone should know till the time came. I only meant to change the little bottle for a big one, and I gave all my money to get it, and I'm truly trying not to be selfish anymore.
~ Louisa May Alcott
So people surprise us. They can lie to each other, as my brother had done to me, and as I had lied to him that September evening at Panther Creek, and now it appeared those two lies could only lead to one imponderable truth.
~ Ron Rash
You make your plans, and God laughs at you
~ Roxanne St. Claire
He's got one passenger aboard–a girl." "A girl?" repeated Dave, staring somewhat mystified at the approaching vehicle. "Yes." "That's queerer still," remarked the young aviator.
~ Roy Rockwood
In economics, things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.
~ Rudiger Dornbusch
He turned on to the track and wondered why no birds were singing. The only sound he could hear was the buzz and rattle of a drill, which he assumed to be the farmer doing something to a fence. It was, in fact, a woodpecker whose presence would have thrilled him had he known what it was.
~ Ruth Rendell
His passion she had expected, even his expertise, for a man of his years would not have been without women. She had even, in the long days of yearning, suspected his tenderness, which led him now to kiss her temples and the inner crook of her elbow with the same attention he gave to her lips and breasts. What she had not anticipated was that he would be vulnerable as well.
~ Ruth Wind
W czÅ'owieku, który uwa?a, ?e wszystko ju? byÅ'o i nic nie mo?e go zdziwi?, umarÅ'o to, co najpiÄ™kniejsze - uroda ?ycia.
~ Ryszard Kapu?ci?ski
Expect the unexpected, that was the S.T.A.R.S. motto—although
~ S.D. Perry
At the moment, she felt like she couldn't possibly be surprised . . . and she knew from experience that feeling that way was usually when the universe decided to shake things up a little more, to try and find out what a person was created from, clay or sand, adapt or crumble. As
~ S.D. Perry
Expect the unexpected, that was the S.T.A.R.S. motto—although that basically meant to prepare for anything.
~ S.D. Perry
oh shit that's a SNAKE—
~ S.D. Perry
The girls gasp. Billie grins proudly.
~ Sally Rippin
Sometimes, people trying to commit suicide manage it in a manner that leaves them breathless with astonishment.
~ Salman Rushdie