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Quotes About Surprise

Fireheart opened his eyes, suddenly jolted out of his sleep. Of course! The she-cat he had seen in the woods…was his sister!
~ Erin Hunter
Oh, I ate a frog late in the evening
~ Erin Hunter
Hello, Mother." Squirrelflight blinked. Mother? Had he once been part of this
~ Erin Hunter
If Gray Wing thinks he's going to take us by surprise, then he can think again!
~ Erin Hunter
I've never seen before
~ Erin Hunter
she flicked an ear lazily to dislodge a small insect that had mistaken her for a blade of grass.
~ Erin Hunter
Hate to disappoint, but no feathers. I came to Earth stripped naked.
~ Becca Fitzpatrick
One more secret smile. One more shared laugh. One more electric kiss. Finding him was like finding someone I didn't know I was searching for.
~ Becca Fitzpatrick
I try not to be surprised. Surprise is the public face of a mind that has been closed.
~ beckett bernard ii
The loveliest face in all the world will not please you if you see it suddenly eye to eye, at a distance of half an inch from your own.
~ beerbohm max iii
Her disappointment was minor compared to her astonishment. "Again I didn't win? But last year I didn't win also!
~ Bel Kaufman
I'm Chloe." Chase was more than a little surprised by how amused she was by the whole thing. Clearly, she was enjoying watching him deal with this predicament. Which was, he suddenly had to admit, pretty funny. "Chase picked me up tonight." She nodded in his direction and added, "You know the story—girl in trouble on the side of the road meets guy in a flashy car.
~ Bella Andre
the sidewalk when I looked around and realized you
~ Bella Andre
and a man at the back who Jules considered surprisingly good looking for somone who believed in god.
~ Bella Bathurst
The future always comes as a surprise, but political wisdom consists in attempting at least some partial judgment of what that surprise may be.
~ belloc hilaire ii
Unexpected intrusions of beauty. That is what life is.
~ bellow saul ii
Here's a comforting thought for you, Peter,' he said. 'However long you may live, the world will never lose its ability to surprise you with its beauty.
~ Ben Aaronovitch
Fuck me,' I said to Toby. 'We're living in Isengard.
~ Ben Aaronovitch
But Smithy," said Stephanopoulis. "I don't believe in respectable businessmen. I've been a copper for more than five minutes. And the constable here doesn't think you're respectable either, because it happens he is a card-carrying member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party and so regards all forms of property as a crime against the proletariat." That one caught me by surprise and the best I could manage was "Power to the people.
~ Ben Aaronovitch
Somebody doesn't know they're not in Kansas anymore,' said Stephanopoulos.
~ Ben Aaronovitch
This was all news to us lower ranks who, while we'd theoretically known Seawoll had parents, had always assumed that he'd been assembled in a factory somewhere outside Wakefield.
~ Ben Aaronovitch
The word 'bollocks' is one of the most beautiful and flexible in the English language. It can be used to express emotional states ranging from ecstatic surprise to weary resignation in the face of inevitable disaster. And
~ Ben Aaronovitch
Fuck me,' I said out loud, 'I'm in fairyland.
~ Ben Aaronovitch
The word 'bollocks' is one of the most beautiful and flexible in the English language. It can be used to express emotional states ranging from ecstatic surprise to weary resignation in the face of inevitable disaster.
~ Ben Aaronovitch