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Quotes About Surprise

You might think that a boy is just your friend, but then if you find out that maybe he likes you (in a boyfriend way), everything changes instantly. (47)
~ Charise Mericle Harper
Vampires should never say Uh-Oh!!
~ Charlaine Harris
Ha," I said. "Oh, ha-ha. Yeah, 'cause they love me. You see how many vampires are up here? Zero, right?" One," said Eric, stepping out of the stairwell.
~ Charlaine Harris
There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.
~ Charles Baudelaire
Savor the imminent weirdness of the day.
~ Charles Baxter
You're surprised at all the blood. He looks over at you, eyes wide, mouth dropping open, his face almost as white as his shirt. He's surprised, too.
~ Charles Benoit
Her smile is slight, like that of a little girl, and the eyes often small as if she is peering through a gun slit at a disappointing world. The hands are callused from work and rough when they touch and she is very strong. Once she grabs me from behind, puts on a choke hold and I begin to go black into unconsciousness. Then she giggles and releases her hold and light floods back into my brain and I marvel at her strength and caprice.
~ Charles Bowden
Many a morning I found myself waking up in America and being surprised to find myself in a bed. I had been having nightmares all night long, and I didn't know where I was. It would take me awhile to adjust, because I couldn't believe I was in a bed. What was I doing in a bed? After the war I never slept more than three or four hours a night. In
~ Charles Brandt
You see, another thing I didn't know is that the kangaroo defends itself with its tail. It has an eight-foot tail that comes whipping up behind you when you knock the kangaroo down. And the harder I hit him, the harder and faster his tail came up behind me. I never saw that tail come whipping up behind me, and I never paid attention to the boxing glove on the tail. He had an eight-foot reach I didn't know about. Actually,
~ Charles Brandt
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
~ Charles de Gaulle
Death comes so fast that sometimes it misses us. (La mort arrive si vite Que des fois elle nous rate)
~ Charles de Leusse
The wolf rolls out red carpet, Remnants of Red Riding Hood. (Le loup déroule le tapis rouge, Ce qui reste du Chaperon Rouge)
~ Charles de Leusse
Never sign a valentine with your own name.
~ Charles Dickens
Oh Sairey, Sairey, little do we know wot lays afore us!
~ Charles Dickens
Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.
~ Charles Dickens
I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything
~ Charles Dickens
Don't let your sober face elate you, however; you don't know what it may come to
~ Charles Dickens
Well! And hallo you!
~ Charles Dickens
I really think this must be a man!" was Mr. Lorry's breathless reflection, simultaneously with his coming against the wall.)
~ Charles Dickens
Years Later II. A Sight III. A Disappointment IV. Congratulatory V. The Jackal VI. Hundreds of People
~ Charles Dickens
The terrible announcement that the baby had been taken in the act of putting a doll's frying-pan into his mouth, and was more than suspected of having swallowed a fictitious turkey, glued on a wooden platter! The immense relief of finding this a false alarm! The joy, and gratitude, and ecstasy!
~ Charles Dickens
Why, my girl,' cried Mr Meagles, more breathless than before, 'how did you come over?
~ Charles Dickens
Well! And hallo you!" said Jerry, more hoarsely than before.
~ Charles Dickens
Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for nothing...
~ Charles Dickens