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Quotes About Surprise

Korporal Jääskeläinen ble enda mer perpleks da det ikke var søvnige rekrutter som kom krypende ut av teltet, men en illsint offiser i bakrus. Urho ble redd, det var faktisk en ekte oberst som fylte døråpningen, i full uniform med skulderklaffer og det hele, og med tre gylne roser på kragespeilet. Urho Jääskeläinen stilte seg instinktivt i stram givakt: – Oberst! Korporal Jääskeläinen, tolv kyr, tretten mann alle!
~ Arto Paasilinna
She had discovered with surprise and pleasure that as she turned each page, the book was written, as if for the first time, all over again.
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
But one never knows how the dice will fall, and they are always cast before anyone even notices.
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Con rusos y con mujeres nunca se sabe.
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
México es un perpetuo sobresalto.
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Más vale un por si acaso —argumentó el mayor— que un quién lo iba a decir.
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Es increíble ? comenta él. Ella vuelve el rostro casi con sorpresa, modulando una mueca de extrañeza y desdén. ?¿Por qué ha de ser increíble? ... Simplemente es la vida, con sus traiciones habituales ? parece ensombrecerse de pronto?. A ti no debería sorprenderte.
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Una precaución de más es una sorpresa de menos.
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
One possible reason why things aren't going according to plan is that there never was a plan.
~ Ashleigh Brilliant
Mrs. Bennington's dramatic expression faded, and she made a face, much like a girl who has been given porridge when she expected thick ham.
~ Ashley Gardner
The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.
~ Ashley Montagu
You shall never be able surprise us, but let me assure you, we shell surprise you, don't mess with Pakistan - DG ISPR Asif Ghafoor
~ Asif Ghafoor
Sometimes he curls up on my pillow during the night and I don't know he's there until I yawn and my mouth closes on a whisker.
~ Astrid Alauda
Just recently I was in Target with my mom shopping, and out of the blue, I see this father and his two daughters and he says, 'Can they get a picture with you?' And I'm thinking to myself, 'Am I the one millionth customer or something?'
~ Atticus Shaffer
While driving I had an accident with a magician. It wasn't my fault, the guy came out of nowhere.
~ Auggie Cook
When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and I'm not.
~ Augusten Burroughs
When he woke up, the dinosaur was still there.
~ Augusto Monterroso
Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí.
~ Augusto Monterroso
Let me be your plot twist.
~ Aulia
I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it.
~ Aung San Suu Kyi
Did he contain himself as he felt inside Elva's vagina, smooth like a cul-de-sac, with no discernible cervix, no peekaboo womb or errant fallopian tubes? Did he express surprise or consternation upon uncovering what lay before him, an extra . . . what? No, not an unusually large, blushing labia, but a real-life miniature penis, one that could become aroused with certain thoughts or feelings, but which at that moment remained flaccid between his cold, clinical fingers.
~ Ava Chin
Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life
~ Avril Lavigne
Imagine you are walking down a leafy path…The sun is receding, and you are walking alone, caressed by the breezy light of the late afternoon. Then suddenly, you feel a large drop on your right arm. Is it raining? You look up. The sky is still deceptively sunny…seconds later another drop. Then, with the sun still perched in the sky, you are drenched in a shower of rain. This is how memories invade me, abruptly and unexpectedly…
~ Azar Nafisi
What will your family think, me showing up on their doorstep with my suitcase in hand?" "I'll carry your suitcase," he said.
~ B.J. Daniels