Quotes About Surprise

hoping that this was some jolly practical joke and that the real chap would shortly jump out from behind a chair and say "Boo!

All things come to him who waits, and among them is that unpleasant sensation of a cold hand upon the portion of the body which lies behind the third waistcoat button.

Mere surprise, however, was never enough to prevent Psmith talking. He began at once.

The man was goggling. His entire map was suffused with a rich blush. He looked like the Soul's Awakening done in pink.

You're sitting in the old arm-chair, thinking of this and that, and then suddenly you look up, and there he is. He moves from point to point with as little uproar as a jelly fish.

I MUST SAY I was pretty well a-twitter. It was about as juicy a biff as I had had for years.

It is possible, too, that, being there, you decided that you might as well go the whole hog and be manicured at the same time. It is not unlikely, moreover, that when you had got over the first shock of finding your hands so unexpectedly large and red, you felt disposed to chat with the young lady who looked after that branch of the business.

I turned the dial back to sixteen, lifted the handle, and jerked the locker door open. Wendy let out an "Oh" and reached for the roses. Then she spun around and planted a kiss on me—right there in front of Jerry Bridges and Mr. Crowell and everybody. "Crimeny," Jerry said, and walked off. Mr. Crowell grinned and looked away. I just stood there with a stupid smile on my face, too far gone even to say, "Happy Valentine's Day.

Y aquella vez fue como nunca y siempre: vamos allí donde no espera nada y hallamos todo lo que está esperando.

Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not melt in one's bath.

Son of a bitch!" Hunter stared. "I fucking hate it when he does shit like that. That man has a supernatural relationship with gravity.

Oh, McBride, it's just you." Nate heard Julian say. "I saw a flash of white and thought you were the bride.

I mourn for the quicksilvery racehorse passage of time. Its swiftness has caught me with the same ineffable start that comes to every man and woman who lives long enough. It remains as the single great surprise of any life. In

I learned that if I could read, I could cook. I surprised myself I like it.

It's the great surprise of my life that I ended up loving [my father] so much.

To have attracted readers is the most magical part of my writing life. I was not expecting you to show up when I wrote my first books. It took me by surprise. It filled me with gratitude. It still does.

In no way had my mother with her air of gentility and fine breeding prepared me for the Ida Skimberrys of the world.

His ears were attuned for the steady firing of Couzens' heavy machine guns, which he knew should now commence, and the thud of his carefully sited mortars, but he did not hear them and he realized, suddenly and sickeningly, that the Chinese had not attacked across the spit of land. They were pouring across the ice, and had taken Dog Company in the rear.

Peace, tremulous, unexpected, sent a taproot out of nowhere into Morgan's heart.

He closed his grade book and asked hopefully, What inspired you? Was it Hawthorne? I stared at him. He had to be kidding.

couldn't believe that an eleven-year-old boy had that kind of mind," the minister said. Bill

You really try to evaluate the risks and provide for them. Whether it's going to be a pleasant or unpleasant surprise, you try to evaluate the risk.

And Honey, I just want you to know, even though I didn't see it coming, it makes absolutely no difference to your father or to me that you are a thespian.

walk. A German shepherd bounded around the corner of the house, barking and snarling. Angel started back to her car when she heard