Quotes About Surprise

Miss Tallant, I perceive that it is useless to try to make polite small talk with you. I shall get immediately to the point. Will you do me the honor of becoming my wife? Henry's jaw dropped. Miss Tallant? Your wife? she asked faintly. Yes, my wife. I have taken you by surprise, I see. I mistakenly thought you had more fortitude, ma'am. Should I have paved the way more carefully by falling on my knees in front of you and declaring undying love and devotion? I can still do so, if you wish.

Oh, no, he thought with a curious pang about the heart, he had not imagined it.

She had never suspected . . . that there could be such passion, such intense and shattering joy.

Love had taken her quite unawares.

Piers was the last person she had expected to see. She had thought never to see him again. And he was unmarried, unbetrothed, unattached.

She had been dazed, astounded by the discovery that she, too, had loved for some time without realizing it.

I could not possibly have imagined anything more wonderful if I had tried.

I shall surprise you and behave like a perfect gentleman.

His hand shot up to grasp her wrist as her hand flashed toward his face. 'No, not this time,' he said, eyes narrowing. 'That last time you had the advantage of surprise, my love, but I learn by experience. Hit me again, Elizabeth, and I may reply in kind. You would not escape with a kiss this time.' He released her wrist.

But that was the second version, she reminded him. In the first one you had died and gone to heaven and found it was a brothel..

The answer was clear, though he half-expected his hand to shrivel and turn black when he voted for a Republican.

Kinda spooky, ain't it. Hell of a lot of coincidences. Like we say back home, when you find a turtle settin' on top of a fencepost, you can be pretty damn sure he didn't get there on his own.

No children? Emilio asked them one evening, to his own surprise. Nope. Turned out, we don't breed well in captivity, George said, unembarrassed.

Zwanger!' zei Arianna. 'Hoe kan hij nou zwanger zijn?

Standing in the shower, I feel something on the back of my leg that turns out to be my ass.

But most of the time, we keep memories packed away. I sometimes liken that moment of sudden unpacking to circus clowns pouring out of a miniature car trunk—how did so much fit into such a small space?

Wait until my wife sees this." He chortled. "She's said all along that we should just get rid of the darned cupboard doors. She even showed me a picture in one of her magazines, but I told her she was crazy. Just shows you how much I know." He

Why should I have been surprised? Hunters walk the forest without a sound. The hunter, strapped to his rifle, the fox on his feet of silk, the serpent on his empire of muscles— all move in a stillness, hungry, careful, intent. Just as the cancer entered the forest of my body, without a sound.

This is not just surprise and pleasure. This is not just beauty sometimes too hot to touch. This is not a blessing with a beginning and an end. This is not just a wild summer. This is not conditional.

So quickly, without a moment's warning, does the miraculous swerve and point to us, demanding that we be its willing servant.

His heart nearly stopped. A ship was outlined against the sky! Behind it, he saw two smaller ships. As the ships came into view, their bright sails were filled with wind and their serpent prows blazed in the new sunlight.

The cloth sack had turned back into his backpack.

So let's not tell anyone," said Annie. "Dad won't believe it," said

Annie!" Jack yelled. He hurried down to her. "Annie!" When Annie and Roberto turned and saw Jack, they waved happily. "Oh, Jack