Quotes About Surprise

I definitely like the mystery of not knowing how things will turn out, you know.

Saying of the Mulla Nasrudin. If I survive this life without dying, I'll be surprised.

Dicho del Mulá Nasrudín. Si sobrevivo a esta vida sin morirme, me sorprenderé. Las sutilezas del incomparable

Pensó que al menos tenían un plan. Aunque todo el mundo tenía uno. Hasta que le caía la primera hostia.

Entregamos nuestra vida a las cosas y luego nos sorprendemos de haberla perdido

A millipede ran into a centipede on the street. The millipede said in surprise, "Wow, what are the odds of this?!" "Oh," answered the centipede, "about 10 to 1.

every night as he performed. The reception even surprised Hank. He knew he was the king of the honky-tonks, but now he had stadium crowds eating out of his hand, and legit entertainers working as his supporting acts

They were anticipating a different kind of immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad, it turned out to be not exactly as they had anticipated.

eyes widened, and a tear slid down her cheek. "I've never

I realized, suddenly and quite shockingly, that her answered mattered to me - for a number of reasons... I would be without a valuable companion and counterpart for my adventures, and I discovered, to my surprise, that that realization did not sit well with me at all. For all her weaknesses, Evaline Stoker was also a significant force to be reckoned with in her own way. We did complement each other, and I would miss having her by my side on any future endeavors.

one occasion Ellen Gorman had gone grocery shopping and had carefully put all the items on the kitchen table before stacking them in the cupboards. The job took a considerable amount of time. But when she returned several hours later, all the items were back on the kitchen table

Good days, they come around the oddest corners.

And just when I thought it would never happen to me…

Do what is unexpected of you.

Wait for the moment they least expect.

Beautiful… as the fortuitous encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on a dissecting table.

People always ask me: "Why?! Oh God why?!" Mostly at the beach.

This is exciting. A woman recently had a baby from an embryo that had been frozen for seven years. She said, "I had no idea if I was having a little boy, a little girl–or fish sticks."

Nothing in the past can convincingly point to [a black swan's] possibility.

You have no idea what you have done.

If you had been there, you would have beshit yourself, believe me.

Another suitor you failed to mention?" he asked, only half in jest. Her eyes widened innocently, she started to shake her head - and froze. "Look mister," Jim said tiredly. "I don't know who you are, and I don't care. You're too damn old for her-" "Hi, Daddy.

and skidded to a halt before him. "The prisoners are gone, Lionheart!

Oh, Rob, ye're alive!" Elspeth put both arms around his neck and hugged him close. "I was afeard ye were gone, but ye're alive!" "Aye, lass," he said with a sinful grin. "Completely alive." She was suddenly aware of the hardness of his groin against her belly and pulled back away from him.