Quotes About Surprise

When we pulled in, the customs officer looked in the back. The back of the wagon was filled with cases stenciled PINK FLOYD--LONDON. 'Got Pink Floyd in the back of the car, do you?' he asked. 'Righto, mate. We shrunk 'em and stuck 'em in fookin' boxes, we did,' said Nigel. Amazingly, the customs officer laughed and waved us through.

You never know what's hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way. (When asked how he would choose to die)

Oh, it's a case of 'they think I'll think that they'll do A, so they'll do B because I wouldn't think they'd think of that but then because I might think I know what they're thinking they'll do A after all because I wouldn't think they'd think that way

Yes, I'm back," he said, "And look who I ran into." Horace grinned at him. "i hope you ran into him hard." "As hard as I could.

Halt Halt," said Gilan stepping out into the open.

Several of them were discussing this in low tones as they waited for Halt to arrive - until they realized that he was already among them. They weren't used to this. Kings were supposed to sweep into a room majestically - not suddenly appear without anyone seeing their arrival.

It's not what I expected," he said. "They're far more organized than our intelligence had led us to believe.

Arm there," she said. "Other arm, idiot. Now hand there...okay, ready? We're going to start with your left foot. On three. One. Two... What the devil is he doing here?

Which leaves us to the question, what is he up to?" Evanlyn said. Will shrugged. "I suppose we'll find out soon enough," he said, and urged Tug forward to take up the point position once more. They found out the following evening.

As the old Ranger adage went "If a person doesn't expect to see someone, odds are he won't.

So, you'll be heading back to Castle Araluen tomorrow?" Halt asked. Gilan regarded him, head cocked to one side. "That's what it says here," he said, tapping the dispatch. "But how could you have known that?" Halt smiled. "Just a lucky guess," he said.

Halt leaned forward and took Cassandra's hands. "You'd be placing her in the care of the greatest, most capable Ranger Araluen has ever known," he said quietly. He sensed the surprise among the others and looked up at them. "Oh, Will's better than I ever was," he said, smiling.

I kept hearing rumors about two madcap youngsters who were recruiting former Rangers with an eye to confronting Morgarath," he said. "Apparently, one of them is a grumpy Hibernian and the other is a redheaded prankster. Imagine my surprise when I heard it was you two.

WHERE THE BLIND, BLUE, BLITHERING BLAZES HAVE YOU BEEN?" the calm and dignified Princess Cassandra demanded.

then my mother barges into me like an angry bull when I think I'm safe home.

Hij had nooit geweten dat Trek zó snel kon lopen.

Zo, kijk nou eens wat de kat me komt brengen,' zei hij opgewekt. 'Hoe kom jij in 's hemelsnaam hier terecht, Halt?' 'Wij zijn gekomen om je te bevrijden,' antwoordde de oude Jager. De oberjarl keek vragend naar de leren riemen waarmee zijn vrienden waren vastgebonden. 'Nou, je hebt daarvoor een vreemde tactiek verzonnen dan.

WHERE THE BLIND, BLUE, BLITHERING BLAZES HAVE YOU BEEN?

Jij bent beter dan Crowley.' Hij zou nog verbaasder geweest zijn als hij had geweten wat Halt daar achteraan dacht. Waarschijnlijk ben je zelfs beter dan ik.

Maddie mompelde een niet erg damesachtige verwensing. 'Zo, dat verwacht je niet te horen uit de mond van een prinses,' merkte Will op. 'Waar heb je die uitdrukking in 's hemelsnaam geleerd?' 'Van mijn moeder,' antwoordde ze kortaf. Will knikte. 'Aha, natuurlijk. Vandaar.

So, not expecting to see anyone, he failed to do so.

Good boy,' she said and swung herself easily up and into the saddle. And all hell broke loose. Bumper seemed to spring off the ground from all four feet, arching his back and throwing her off balance. Then he came down with a teeth-jarring crash and promptly put his head down, exploding his rump up into the air.

People rarely notice what they don't expect to see.

Ik weet niet of het iemand interesseert,' zei hij voorzichtig, 'maar er lijkt een piratenschip op ons af te komen!