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Quotes About Surprise

I always thought there would be more interesting people at my wedding.
~ Sarah Ruhl
Going to Fords Theatre to watch the play is like going to Hooters for the food.
~ Sarah Vowell
This is the thing no one prepares you for where disaster are concerned. There is no ominous black cloud, no spooky chill, no neon sign that flashes: Stop! Please! Go back to bed! There's something really really dreadful waiting to happen around the corner! I beg of you, do not continue!
~ Sarah-Kate Lynch
Jacey's eyes hardened. She did not appreciate reality coming along and snapping her thong.
~ Sarah-Kate Lynch
How strangely does the adventurous intrude upon the humdrum; for, when it intrudes at all, more often than not its intrusion is sudden and unlooked for. To-day, we may seek for romance and fail to find it: unsought, it lies in wait for us at most prosaic corners of life's highway.
~ Sax Rohmer
Your shower is ready - I turned it on last night.
~ Scott Adams
one of the most common explanations for anything in life is something you didn't imagine.
~ Scott Adams
humor is a violation of straight-line thinking. Humor
~ Scott Adams
Some humor experts say the secret to humor is to combine something unexpected with something bad and then make sure it's happening to someone else. But if that's all it took, serial killers would be winning comedy competitions.
~ Scott Adams
Readers respond to authenticity, originality and excitement, even if it's not packaged in a way they expect.
~ Scott Nicholson
There is nothing like the plumbing fixtures to remind you that you're not in Kansas anymore. By
~ Scott Turow
you can never plan well enough. Life will always outwit you.
~ Scott Turow
Barking spiders!
~ Scott Westerfeld
To everyone who loves a long-secret romance, revealed at last.
~ Scott Westerfeld
Fine. Seer knows best, even if he is nuts. Maybe I can stand to wait a few more... whoa. What the hell happened to my car? -Melissa
~ Scott Westerfeld
You fiddle lucker!' she cried.
~ Scott Westerfeld
Ah. So he's forgotten the most important rule of warfare. Which is... That nothing ever goes to plan.
~ Scott Westerfeld
I kissed him once, she whispered. Well done. What did he do? Um... Deryn sighed. He woke up.
~ Scott Westerfeld
Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement. ? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Theory of Colours . (The M.I.T. Press; 1st edition March 15, 1970) Originally published 1810.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Geheimnisse sind noch keine Wunder.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A word, Sir Jamie. Quickly!" You may speak freely, Alwyn," Jamie sighed. "You are always making too mcuh of minor incidents." You're no' going to believe it, Sir Jamie," Alwyn gasped. "But I swear every male Fergusson alive is outside our gate.
~ Johanna Lindsey
Fancy finding you here," he said jauntily. Nothing about it was fanciful, and she suspected he might have followed her. Why else would he be there? "You've taken up knitting, have you?" she countered as she walked to the yarn section of the shop. "No,I've taken up finding you alone. Nice of you to accommodate me." His answer pleased her more than she could say, but she warned him, "I'm not alone." "For the moment you are.
~ Johanna Lindsey
Done, Mr. Thunder," Jocelyn said with a good deal of pleasure. "You now work for me." She had to turn away quickly before she laughed aloud at the expression of utter disbelief that appeared on his handsome face.
~ Johanna Lindsey