Quotes About Surprise

None of the things one frets about ever happen. Something one's never thought of does.

Nothing in all those "O swan" poems had ever mentioned that they hissed. Or resented being mistaken for felines. Or bit.

That's the alchemy of adjectives: boiling down an excess of ideas to the essence of a thing. We want the words to be precise and evocative. If we pick our adjectives carefully, any description can surprise.

Never had a decent report in his life!" Tony repeated, hardly able to believe the words. He was thinking, in shocked surprise, that even Tante Bettina did not know how mad the English could be.

Why does everybody think I'm so wild? I'm not wild. I happen to stumble onto wildness. It gets in my path.

If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it.

It's the stupid questions that have some of the most surprising and interesting answers. Most people never think to ask the stupid questions.

So it's not what you thought it was going to be—that doesn't mean it can't still be something amazing.

The day before, everything had been normal—boring, even. It's hard to comprehend how fantastic normality can be until . .

We can be completely ignorant about how or why something works and yet still relish the results.

My mother was tickled and I think kind of proud when my father got hit on my an attractive middle-aged Asian lady who hadn't noticed he was with his family. He was certainly pleased about it.

Jesus!" "Are you hurt?" "Jesus!" "Walk down the hallway and come back when you have more vocabulary.

Good friends are the ones who can remain close without losing their ability to surprise.

Justice." She smiled again, but it quickly faded. "I'm surprised by you, Walt. I never thought of you as . . . as a vengeful person." "Pharisaic, I think, is the word you're looking for.

This is how it will defeat you, by distracting you - it is like life, you can live it or be continually distracted until you are surprised to discover that like smoke from a dead fire, it is gone.

The day after Christmas: When we all have two more ugly sweaters.

everyone, including the city officials, seemed to be taking direction from Bakhtiyor. Who needs breakdown insurance when you have human rights activists? I was whisked through to the restaurant, where we had a very good meal indeed, with French wine and real whisky. I was amazed. Dima was still considerably shaken and a bit tearful.

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Dr. Samuel Johnson discounted that notion: "Sir, a woman's composing is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well, but you are surprised to find it done at all.

Hiccup followed him carefully ... and fell over again. "BRAVO!" clapped Alvin, to Hiccup's surprise. "But I fell over again" said Hiccup. "But with such STYLE," said Alvin. "You can't teach that, it's in the blood.

Bad things happened. The people closest to you surprised you in the most disappointing ways.

Neither of them even had time to scream.

An angel and a beast. Luke laughed. Who would have thought it? I fucking did. And that's why he was the Lord of the Dark.

Thought you'd be older." He shook his head. "Hoped you'd be uglier.