Quotes About Surprise

The last person Owen wanted to see when he went into the cottage was Peveral Othman, yet there he was, as large as life, a little bedraggled, sitting at the kitchen table as if he'd lived there for years.

You were never what I thought you were, but if anything, I respected you more for it.

Lily was slightly disturbed and slightly thrilled, when this unusual female leaned over and kissed her cheek.

I get bored easily. I wanted to keep you guessing.

In a way, he wanted to run, so that no-one would know that Owen was waiting there for him. Another, braver part of him welcomed the moment of surprise when this fact became obvious.

And where did you spring from, Oskan? I'd already had enough shocks without you leaping out of the shadows like a skinny ghost!

Uh-huh. We're about … five minutes away? Maybe less? … Still can't believe it: a real murder!

People who don't think the rules apply to them, Kit was beginning to learn, are surprised and offended when others don't recognize and honor their exemption.

Virgo: Your teddy bear will reveal that he is pregnant and will require counseling.

Gran! Gran?' yelled Jess, racing upstairs. She looked everywhere. Nothing. No aged person. Only Rasputin, looking startled and disapproving. 'Where's Gran, Rasputin? For goodness' sake! Have you eaten her?' cried Jess. Rasputin looked shocked and innocent.

But perhaps this is all to the good. Perhaps it's best to live with the possibility that around any corner, at any time, may come the person who reminds you of your own capacity to surprise yourself, to put at risk everything that's dear to you. Who reminds you of the distances we have to bridge to begin to know anything about one another. Who reminds you that what seems to be—even about yourself—may not be. That like him, you need to be forgiven.

Found strange device in bathroom this morning. It looked like an egg timer. It said "Predictor" on the side of the box. I hope my Mother is not dabbling with the occult

Personally, nothing would surprise me any more. If my father announced that he was really a Russian agent or my mother ran away with a circus knife thrower, I wouldn't raise an eyebrow.

Sex with the gorilla went on a bit, but once he'd stumbled over my clitoris we both had good times.

Things had changed in a way that no one could have ever expected - and I ached with regret.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

The Korean word for tree rose in his mind, surprising him, like a fish breaking the surface of a calm pond.

Why didn't you say something sooner! I said He wasn't the only one disgusted. This is my first time on a horse. Really? Blaec said dryly, I couldn't tell. Oh just pretend its my son you're riding.

Why didn't anyone ever drop by unexpectedly when she was dressed to kill?

Life's sloppy...You think you know how tomorrow's going to be, you've made your plans, everything is set in place, and then the unimaginable happens. Life catches you by surprise. It always does. But there's good mixed in with the bad. It's there. You just have to recognize it.

This morning the electricity came on for a few minutes, and when it did, Jonny said, "Hey, it's a black-on." This is what passes for humor around here.

Just when you think you have everything figured out, you discover you know nothing at all.

You never know what Nature may do. She has ways of her own of getting even with people," remarked her friend, solemnly.

We never could have foreseen the success of 'Babel.' It's not like banjo records were soaring up the charts, you know.