Quotes About Surprise

Nothing is more imminent than the impossible . . . what we must always foresee is the unforeseen.

Up to that time, the Republic, the Empire, had been to him only monstrous words. The Republic, a guillotine in the twilight; the Empire, a sword in the night. He had just taken a look at it, and where he had expected to find only a chaos of shadows, he had beheld, with a sort of unprecedented surprise, mingled with fear and joy, stars sparkling...

Adorable ambuscades of providence!

THIS IS THE SURPRISE.

La sua vita era ancora troppo breve, per sapere che non c'è cosa più imminente dell'impossibile, e che quanto dobbiamo sempre prevedere è l'imprevisto.

For there are things that make the dead open their eyes in their graves.

the old man turned his head, and his face expressed the sum total of the surprise which a man can still feel after a long life.

It is sometimes no less startling to meet the dog than the wolf

You'd be surprised at what I can do.

Life was like that, full of quicksilver changes. Joy reappeared as unexpectedly as sunlight

Magic to be its best must be unexpected".

She was smoking a cigarette and staring out the window as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing.

Magic, to be its best, must be unexpected.

No. You'll know it when I propose." He held her gaze for a long time before breaking a grin.

Oh, for goodness' sake, there's your rabbit-in-the-headlights look again." He rolled his eyes, "Now, be a sport and hold my hand, will you? Your solider friend is coming back.

Behind her, the lamp turned back on.

Part of the adventure in life is not always knowing what's going to happen next, and the next part may be grander than your original plan. The key to enjoying the journey is being open to the unknown.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

You can get used to things going well, but you're never prepared for something going wrong.

Because it turns out forever is like the mall—right around the corner.

Cuando piensas que el futuro no es posible, es sorprendente lo puro que te vuelves, pero, al encontrarte vivo, renacen los deseos.

En los textos antiguos, "explícito" significaba "repentino" e "inesperado". ¿Lo sabías?

When you walk out of your house in the morning, you don't know what you're going to see.

the chairman of the Joint Chiefs; and a wild card he hadn't seen in years—TJ Burton, the head of FEMA.