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Quotes About Surprise

Don't lose your head," screamed the pheasant. And at the same time his voice broke in a whistling gasp and, spreading his wings, he flew up with a loud whir. Bambi watched how he flew straight up, directly between the trees, beating his wings. The dark metallic blue and greenish-brown marking son his body gleamed like gold. His long tail feathers swept proudly behind him. A short crash like thunder sounded sharply. The pheasant suddenly crumpled up in mid-flight.
~ Felix Salten
Nothing is as it seems.
~ Fern Michaels
Em dia de S. Miguel passou acaso voando por cima de nós um milhano, quo vinha de trás de um cabeço que a ilha fazia contra a parte do sul, e peneirando no ar com azas estendidas, lhe cahio das unhas um mugem fresco, de quasi um palmo do comprido, e dando junto d'onde estava Antonio de Faria, o fez ficar um pouco confuso e indeterminado,
~ Fernão Mendes Pinto
It's the look two odd socks give when they recognise each other in the wild.
~ Fiona Wood
Unexpected doors fly open, unexpected channels are free.
~ Florence Scovel Shinn
The instances of honesty that one comes across in this world are just as amazing as the instances of dishonesty. After forty-five years of mixing with one's kind, one ought to have acquired the habit of being able to know something about one's fellow beings. But one doesn't
~ Ford Madox Ford
Totul e provizoriu: Dragostea, arta, planeta P?mânt, voi, eu. Moartea e atât de inevitabil?, încât îi ia pe to?i prin surprindere. Cum po?i ?ti dac? ziua asta nu e ultima? Crezi c? ai tot timpul. ?i, pe urm?, dintr-odat?, s-a zis, te îneci, sfâr?itul timpului regulamentar. Moartea este singura întâlnire pe care nu o ai notat? în agend?.
~ Frédéric Beigbeder
Via?a îmi este o petrecere la care am intrat f?r? invita?ie.
~ Frédéric Beigbeder
La experiencia común, en los siglos precedentes, era la sorpresa de un extranjero en la ciudad: un rostro desconocido. ¿De dónde viene, qué viene a hacer aquí? Pero hoy en día el anonimato es la norma. Lo sorprendente es reconocer a alguien.
~ Frédéric Gros
Mom's hands flew to her mouth. Dada smiled, all of his beautiful white teeth with the gap in the middle sparkling at me from across the room. I gasped, and when I tried to speak the only thing that came out was a big, loud burp! Mom looked horrified. Dada turned away to keep from laughing out loud. I was so embarrassed. Had Bob heard that through the phone? "Whoa," came through the speaker. "That was one big, healthy belch." Yep, he heard. "So
~ Fracaswell Hyman
The camera should never anticipate what's about to follow.
~ Francois Truffaut
Happiness often comes when least expected.
~ Francois Lelord
What enchanted me most was your unexpected word choice throughout. Every line felt like a surprise and a perfect little package. And tying it up so neatly yet emotionally. It's a masterpiece, Jacki." Frances Gilbert in Tweet to Jacki Kellum about her book The Donkey's Song
~ Frances Gilbert
Revenge is a dish best served unexpectedly and from a distance - like a thrown trifle.
~ Frances Hardinge
He felt like a chess-master who, two moves from achieving checkmate, suddenly sees a live kitten dropped on to the middle of the board, scattering pieces.
~ Frances Hardinge
It had shown him that if you looked at things from a new angle, they could suddenly become unfamiliar and scary. It became important to see things in as many different ways as possible, so they couldn't catch you by surprise.
~ Frances Hardinge
The Childersins were armed with swords and daggers. The Cartographers were armed with nothing but surprise, but really quite a lot of surprise.
~ Frances Hardinge
Josh was the only person Ryan had ever told about the way this picture had frightened him. It had shown him that if you looked at things from a new angle they could suddenly become unfamiliar and scary. It became important to see things in as many different ways as possible, so they couldn't catch you by surprise.
~ Frances Hardinge
The Only Thing More Surprising Than the Chance She's Taking...Is Where It's Taking Her!
~ Frances Mayes
Sometimes life touches one person with a bouquet and another with a thorn bush, But the first may find a wasp in the flowers, and the second may discover roses among the thorns.
~ Billy Graham
Jesus Christ] is the Lord of history. Nothing is taking God by surprise. Events are moving rapidly toward some sort of climax . . .when His Son, Jesus Christ, returns to be rightful Ruler of the world.
~ Billy Graham
At the return of Christ the resurrection of believers will take place. It will take the unbelieving world by surprise.
~ Billy Graham
Every] believer will receive a reward for his works. The New Testament teaches these rewards are called "crowns." We will surely be surprised to note who receives the crowns and who doesn't. The lowliest servant may sparkle with more jewels than the philanthropist who endowed the church and whose name is engraved on the plaque in the narthex.
~ Billy Graham
If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third, the greatest wonder of all, to find myself there.
~ Billy Joel