Quotes About Surprise

Jesus, you know I was walking back to the huddle and I looked over and, god damn, I almost flipped when I saw you and Davis standing together on the sideline. I thought, man, the world really is changing when you see a thing like that—Hunter Thompson and Al Davis—Christ, you know that's the first time I ever saw anybody with Davis during practice; the bastard's always alone out there, just pacing back and forth like a goddamn beast. …

We can't stop here. This is bat country!

He's my hyung,' Baldspot said. 'I didn't know you had an older brother.' 'He fell off a garbage truck!' he said with a giggle. 'Well now, what can't you get from a garbage truck these days?' the woman chuckled.

It never ceased to amaze him how quickly a small child's face could turn from peach to beetroot.

Where am I?' he asked and was surprised that his voice sounded firm and clear.

No one knew about the squirrel's skull beneath her bed, but no one wanted to know.

The evil I'm talking about lives in us all. It takes hold in an individual, in private lives, within a family, adn then it's children who suffer most. And then, when teh conditions are right, in different countries, at different times, a terrible cruelty, a viciousness against life erupts, and everyone is surprised by the depth of hatred within himself. Then it sinks back and waits. It's something in our hearts.

other minds, must continue to fascinate us. As artificial people became more like us, then became us, then became more than us, we could never tire of them. They were bound to surprise us. They might fail us in ways that were beyond our imagining. Tragedy was a possibility, but not boredom.

Reflecting on the night before, he found it extraordinary that after a lifetime of infidelities, a night with an imaginary friend was no less exciting.

Here was a surprise, a love affair, an affair of love, as he entered his seventies.

All that I can claim credit for, myself, is a very keen sense of the urgent need for surprise and a strong desire to hit the enemy carriers with our full strength as early as we could reach them.

I ripped my left arm out of his hand and slammed my elbow into his solar plexus. He exhaled in a gasp. I lunged for the dagger and sat on top of him, my knees pinning his arms, my dagger on his throat. He lay still. "I give up," he said and smiled. "Your move." Er. I was sitting atop the Beast Lord in my underwear, holding a knife to his throat. What the hell was my next move?

Is that a lion with horns and a pitchfork? Yep. Is he carrying the moon on his pitchfork? Nope it's a pie.

What's that? That's my attack poodle.

Oh, it's you, Curran's voice said quietly. I thought it was an elephant.

You see, the mailman saw your husband during one of his walks. He's my fiancé, I told her. We are living in sin. Heather blinked, momentarily knocked off her stride, but recovered. Oh, that's nice. It's very nice. I highly recommend it.

Where is Barbie? The female shifter snickered and choked it off. Is there a stripper pole?

But she was funny sometimes, and never boring. God, it would almost be worth it to see her face when she realized that I had saved her ass again. Actually it was quite a nice ass, come to think of it. In fact, my memory of the ass and its owner seemed to be remarkably clear.

Where to now? I asked. Hold on, Robert said. I'm still . . . coming to terms with your mode of transportation. Take your time, I nudged Cuddles, turning her to give him a better view. Cuddles flicked her ears, lifted her feet, and pranced. Oh dear God.

Now that was a kiss," Grandma Frida said from the doorway behind me. I jumped. "How long have you been there?" "Long enough. That man means business." All my words tried to come out at once. "I don't . . . what . . . asshole! . . . screw himself for all I care!" "Aww, young love, so passionate," Grandma said. "I'm going to buy you a subscription to Brides magazine. You should start shopping for dresses.

Grandpa? Declan raised his eyebrows. We keep him in the shed out back, Jack said helpfully. So he doesn't eat dog brains.

I can't believe I have to say this. You there, dashing male secretary! Drop the frying pan.

I'm sorry about the dinner. Best date ever. Well, until people died and vampires showed up. But before that it was awesome.

Oh no, is it naked time?