Quotes About Surprise

The only one I missed was the one about what to say to a man when he tells you he loves you. It turns out you aren't supposed to say thank you. Not, of course, that this will ever happen to me. But Grandmere says I might be surprised someday. I wish!

And I winked back, because, well, what else are you supposed to do when a naked guy winks at you?

suddenly up and died. Really.

Anything can happen in the blink of an eye. Anything at all. One. Two. Three. Blink. A girl is laughing with her friends. Suddenly, a crater splits apart the earth. Through it bursts a man in an ink black chariot forged in the deepest pits of hell, drawn by stallions with hooves of steel and eyes of flame.

You scared my pants off!

She, Madame M for Mistake, could not predict the future — her own or anybody else's. She could not even predict one hour from now. Not one minute. Not one second. The future was un-predictable.

You didn't know I could do that, did you? he asked, conversationally. I did not, Your Majesty, Teleus gasped. My grandfather killed a man that way once, using the edge of the wooden sword. I hadn't realized the Thieves of Eddis were so warlike. They aren't, mostly. But like all men, Teleus, I have two grandfathers. Teleus rolled his eyes to look up at him, and the king said, One of mine was Eddis. Ah, said Teleus. Ah, indeed, said the king.

The queen! someone shouted in alarm, and the King erupted like a wild animal caught in a snare.

Who knows but that you will get up to find that the world has inverted itself yet again?

Costis, I am speechless! Not noticeably, Your Majesty.

Mel chuckled and reached out to rub her T-shirt covered belly. "How can something so cute and soft make such a big, scary noise?

But how did Mr. Squiggly-Tentacle-Dude know my name anyway? "I

Secret Santas?

Altogether, the first glimpse of his bride-which should have come as no surprise to Alex, standing there looking so lean and handsome himself-nearly brought him to his knees.

For some reason, Eliza had always thought Alexander Hamilton would be dark-haired, but he was in fact a ginger

Bruce has always been so nice to me, which is crazy, because he's one of my heroes. I'll never forget being at a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony the year Bruce and Paul McCartney were inducted. We were at the bar, and Bruce was talking to Paul, and he turned to me and said, 'I can't believe I'm talking to Paul McCartney!' I thought, 'I can't believe I'm talking to Bruce Springsteen, who's talking to Paul McCartney!

Y]ou can't control everything. Anything, really. Like the food we've been making. We can follow the recipe exactly as your grandmother wrote it, do everything exactly--or almost exactly--as she had, and the dish can come out so-so instead of amazing. Or it can come out amazing when you were expecting very little.

That was unbelievably presumptuous," she said in astonished wonder. "I should be furious. But it was so well done. I have shivers all over.

So, there you have it, you get up and go to school, thinking it's just another ordinary day and the next thing you know, something totally unexpected happens! Life's like that. I guess it's like Forrest Gump said about the box of chocolates-you just never know what you're going to get!

Anyone who thought this would be a weak point in the manor's defenses would have a rude surprise, shortly before coming down with a serious case of death.

You look like you've swallowed a live fish, and you're not certain if you're enjoying the experience.

What is it, my dear?" asked John, putting a hand on hers. "I might know what it is," she said, a little breathlessly. "I never thought all that delving into Celtic legend was going to come in handy quite so soon. I think it might be a Fomorian!

You just never know when it might be cookie time. And, that is what the dogs have taught me.

How merciful a thing is man's ignorance of his immediate future! What a ghastly, paralysing thing it would have been if all those present could have known what was about to happen within a matter of seconds! For nothing short of pre-knowledge could have stopped the occurrence, so suddenly it sprang upon them.