Quotes About Surprise

Nobody had any idea that 'If You Could Read My Mind' would become a hit single.

Do you mind if I'm naked?" "I hardly expected you in full evening dress.

The change always comes about mid-August, and it always catches me by surprise. I mean the day when I know that summer is fraying at the edges, that September isn't far off and fall is just over the hill or up the valley.

That was all; but all their intercourse had been made up of just such inarticulate flashes, when they seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods…

There were no violins or warning bells... no sense that my little life was about to change. But we never know, do we? Life turns on a dime.

He who sleeps in the raw, is in for a nude awakening.

My computer kept beating the pants off me at chess, until I discovered that it was no match against me at kickboxing.

May you be in heaven twenty years before the devil knows you're dead!

And govern well thy appetite, lest Sin Surprise thee, and her black attendant, Death.

Fear is advance panic of unexpected life.

Fart when someone hugs you — it makes them feel strong.

Most people who eat them are agreed that there is more in the grapefruit than meets the eye.

I went to the doctor complaining of pain in my foot. He told me, "Gout." I said, "But I've only just walked in!"

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

Happiness is an unexpected hug.

Maria was amazed to learn that he had been in the Azores, where she had lived until she was eleven. She was doubly amazed that he had been in the Hawaiian Islands, whither she had migrated from the Azores with her people.

And who knows what Romance, what Adventure, what Love, is lurking around the next turn of the road, ready to leap out on us if we'll only travel that far?" –Inscription in George Sterling's copy of The Road, March 26, 1914

I would offer congratulations were it not for this tentacle gripping my leg.

To my surprise, Joscelin rose. 'Phedre-' He began, then halted. Sitting below him, I watched him smile to himself, quiet and private. 'Phedre yields with a willow's grace,' he said softly. 'And endures with the strength of mountains. Without her, life would be calm; and yet lack all meaning.

A pretty sight; it would have surprised me, if my capacity for surprise wasn't flattened.

I was not surprised. I wanted to be, but I wasn't.

training in the Fortress of the Winds, I'd never developed a full appreciation for the power of disguise. Oh, I understood it on an intellectual level—it was Brother Yarit's disguise that had allowed him to take Brother Jawal by surprise in the Trial of Pahrkun—but I'd never felt it.

Somewhat to my surprise, there were several polite golf claps. Vampires.

Just then the cottage door opened – and a tall, broad-shouldered man strode in, smelling of fresh air and honest toil. He looked around the room and then stood still, looking stunned. 'Hetty – oh, my Hetty!' he cried. 'Jem!