Quotes About Surprise

If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.

His lordship seemed quite changed; he no longer appeared that apathetic being who had so astonished Aubrey; but as soon as his convalescence began to rapid, he again gradually retired into the same state of mind, and Aubrey perceived no difference from the former man, except that at times he was surprised to meet his gaze intently upon him, with a smile of malicious exultation playing upon his lips: he knew not why, but his smile haunted him.

What did you expect?

No, sir," Stoner said, and the decisiveness of his voice surprised him. He thought with some wonder of the decision he had suddenly made.

Something entirely unexpected happened to Bert. Yesterday he had seen her as a child grown up, today it was different. There was a pain in his chest and a hammering, the skin on his temples felt oddly tight, his hand trembled so that he almost dropped the bar he was holding. He leaned back against the wheel, staring at her but unable to speak. A long time seemed to pass before he could say anything, and the words sounded clumsy in his own ears. What

When she fired, he stopped, looking round wildly. He had no cover to drop to. She fired again…

She loved me, my daughter! Even knowing this, I was surprised. In truth, I was amazed.

If I had known what it would be like the next time that I saw them— Well, I did not know then. — It is a gift in this life that we do not know what awaits us.

So, Iften is of the Pig. That explains a lot." Keir's head jerked up, and he laughed out loud.

But while they stayed down, rolling around and trying to kill each other, Em jumped to her feet. Her costumes sometimes have little finishing touches that no one can see. She hadn't told me about this one.

My imagination, my ability to understand the way love and people grow over time, how passion can surprise and renew, utterly failed me.

Before night something beautiful will happen to change everything.

What... me fight you? The biggest thing I've ever beat up was a cake mix

Oh my God! I can't believe I did that!

Sometimes, someone comes unexpectedly into your life, takes you by surprise, and changes your heart forever.

Yet they also had loved life. They had loved it the more, John would tell her, because it was fugitive; they had loved it for the sake of the surprise, the danger, the brittleness of the moment.

All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those who are urged to feel afraid, very afraid, have both the greatest sense of independence and the most finely honed skepticism about government.

Florida Scott-Maxwell, a Jungian analyst who did not begin her training until midlife, began writing a private notebook at the age of eighty-two, in which she recorded her impressions of old age. Her experiences, mindfully observed, did not fit her expectations: "Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate.... To my own surprise I burst out with hot conviction." I I

i was so confused that i did a flying roundhouse kick at the wall. my leg went through the wall

At least once a week, Dinsy was amused by the indignant sputtering of someone who had just spooned dill weed, not sugar, into a cup of Earl Grey tea.

Mom! Wow, what are you doing here?

It's alarming how quickly people adjust to adventures when they are in one. You really have to work at being astonished by life.

Raven: "You don't have a hot date, do you?" Alexander: "Yes. I do, as a matter of fact." Raven: "You do?" Alexander: "Yes, and it is almost ending.

If you really want me to be safe, maybe it's time." "I'd just feel safer if you'd start sleeping in a coffin." Just then my door creaked open. Billy's expression turned to surprise. "Get out!" I said, hopping off the bed. "Uh...we are making up lyrics to a song." But that didn't keep Billy out. Instead he was totally interested. "You're writing a song? That's so cool. I want to hear it." "It goes, 'Safer in a coffin, and if your brother doesn't leave, he'll be in one too.