Quotes About Surprise

It's a funny feeling, being suddenly airborne. Just as you realize it, it's over, and you're sinking.

I was in shock. Funny how the world works. You don't get the something you really covet, but then the universe provides unexpected compensation. Here I thought you had to make a wish for it to come true.

Love is so unpredictable. Sometimes you'll know a man for years and then one day, boom! Suddenly you see him in a different way. And other times, it's that first date, that first moment. That's what makes it so great.

We sat there, not talking, for a few minutes. He ate the Moon Pie; only skinny people can scarf down junk food like that. Finally, I said, Norman? Yeah? Are you ever going to show me the painting? Man, he said. You are, like, so impatient. I am not, I said. I've been waiting forever. Okay, okay. He stood up and went over to the corner, picking up the painting and bringing it over to rest against the bright pink belly of one of the mannequins. Then, he handed me a bandana. Tie that on.

He's getting dumped. And he doesn't even know it yet. He's probably eating a cheeseburger or flossing or picking up his dry cleaning, and he has no idea. No inkling.

Its 75 Degrees! In December!

Well, here we are, Ethan said. The end of the world. I smiled, turning slightly to take in the full view. It's different to what I expected. The big stuff always is, he said.

He ate in your car? No shit?

I just stood there, looking at her. My head was spinning, my mouth dry, and all I could think about was that I wanted to go someplace safe, someplace I could be alone and okay, and that this was impossible. My old life had changed and my new one was still in progress, altering by the second. There was nothing, nothing to depend on. And why was I surprised?

very quietly, I heard a voice in my ear.It said, in a weird, cheesy, right-out-of-one-of-my-mother's-novels way, "Ah. Wemeet again." I turned my head, just slightly, and right there, practically on top of me, was theguy from the car dealership. He was wearing a red Mountain Fresh Detergent T-shirt—not just fresh: mountain fresh!—it proclaimed, and was smiling at me. "Oh,God," I said. "No, it's Dexter

Because' I repeated, as a breeze blew over us, sometimes things just happen. That aren't expected. Or on the list. Such as? he asked I don't know, I said, frustrated. That's the point. It would be out of the blue, taking us by surprise. Something we might not be prepared for. But we will be prepared, he said, confused. We'll have the list.

You should have seen your face, she said, her breath hot in my ear. Sa-woooon.

I didn't hear the footsteps. Or see the shadow. Instead from where I was crouched on the ground, the green of the grass filling my vision, the first thing I made out were hands, a flat silver ring on the middle finger of each. One was clutching my notes. The other was reaching out for me.

It was rare for things to be perfect and organized anyway, even with your best efforts. Embrace the messy and when things do come together just right, you'll always be pleasantly surprised.

I'd just never really taken the time to picture it. It was like when you're a little kid and you run into your teacher or librarian at the grocery store or Wal-Mart and it's just so startling, because it never occurred to you they existed outside of school.

I never expected anything from anyone. Which was not the same thing as not wanting, ever, to be surprised.

To me she said, It's this stupid gotcha thing, they've been doing it for weeks now. Leaping out at each other and us, scaring the hell out of everyone. It's a game of wits, Bert said to me. Half-wits, Kristy added.

I was distracted, thinking about what she'd said, until she got to this last part. Sherman? I said. She nodded. That's John and Craig's friend. He's visiting from Shreveport. Sherman from Shreveport? I said. This is the guy you're determined I go out with? You can't judge a book by its cover! she snapped. When I slid my eyes toward Forbidden , she grabbed it up, shoving it back under the bed. You know what I mean. Sherman might be very nice.

Loce is so unpredictable. Sometimes you'll know a man for years and then one day, boom! Suddenly you see him in a different way. And other times, it's that first date, that first moment. That's what makes it so great.

It seemed amazing to me that one night could hold so much, from a merry-go-round to a Pop-Tart with frosting to the most beautiful singing I'd ever heard.

Embrace the messy and when things do come together just right, you'll always be pleasantly surprised.

You never knew what lay ahead; the future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be anything. One minute you're walking through a dark woods, alone, and then the landscape shifts, and you see it. Something wondrous and unexpected, almost magical, that you never would have found had you not kept going. Like a new friend who feels like an old one, or a memory you'll never forget.

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Or," Jonah adds, panting, "if she sees us in her room, she might get freaked out and throw Frederic