Quotes About Surprise

Most girls get flowers or candy. I get a declaration of martial law.

Well, hello there," I said, "you big, beautiful overgrown passageway." I looked over to Lia. "Let's confuse 'em a little.

And if you haven't got a single book, the idea of putting your hand on one is like Christmas and a birthday rolled up together.

I glanced at her, surprise obvious on my face before I hid it. No doubt she saw the question there, too. How does a teacher with a college education end up begging for rides at Wal-Mart? My

It's like, if you walked along the shore here and had it in your mind exactly what each wave was supposed to leave behind, instead of being surprised by what does turn up, you'd be upset that it wasn't like you planned. What's supposed to be a beautiful mystery would just be a constant disappointment. That's the way I look at it. Life is a beautiful mystery. Somebody else is in charge of the ocean. You don't get to make a list of what it should bring.

I felt preposterously happy to see him. Felt, in fact, like I was in one of those movies where the woman goes into labor while her husband is out of town and he rushes back, gets there just in time. His face, gauging me, so full of tenderness and respect that you'd think he was my husband, even if he had no idea who I was or what he was doing with me--which makes him, I suppose, like most husbands.

How I would paint happiness Something hidden, a windfall, A meteor shower. No- A flowering tree releasing all its blossoms at once, and the one standing beneath it unexpectedly robed in bloom…

It never occurs to Arnold that the ball won't go in the hole, but I'm always surprised when it does.

Even serving God in his holy temple, Zechariah was unprepared for something holy to happen.

Oh, by the way, Mom, I've been meaning to ask. I don't suppose you married a merman, had his child, and then never saw him again? OR THOUGHT TO TELL YOUR DAUGHTER ABOUT IT? HUH???

Whoa dude. My belt came undone when you said that.

When a man says you're going to "really be surprised" by a new woman he's dating, he means that for someone so hot they're not a complete dipshit.

Not surprisingly, the kitchen was the most interesting, but only because I discovered a package of Oreos in the cupboard.

Just when you think you have life by the tail, it's likely to whip around and take a hunk outta your balls.

In my experience, "what the hell" is generally the most interesting decision.

Today is declared an unscheduled holiday.

It's a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you didn't even know you were aiming for.

It's a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you didn't even know you were aiming for.

His indomitable spirit was uplifting, and unexpected. He wasn't going to let a despotic regime and a bunch of international sanctions get in the way of life, no way! Ironically, it reminded me of all the best elements of the United States, that go-get-'em, can-do positivity that is such a heartening aspect of American culture. It wasn't a comparison I was expecting to make in Iran, but I was already becoming used to being confounded and surprised at every turn.

I loved that the Iranians never quite did what you thought they were going to do, or even, what you wanted them to do. The whole damn place reeked of cheeky bad-boy charm, and to this, I was not immune.

So much alarmed that she is quite alarming

What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.

Dain wasn't certain what exactly was wrong with her, but he had no doubt that something was. He was Lord Beelzebub, wasn't he? She was supposed to faint, or recoil in horrified revulsion at the very least. Yet she had gazed at him as bold as brass, and it had seemed for a moment as though the creature were actually flirting with him.

Lydia: What the devil do you mean by creeping up on me? You're suppose to be in a brothel. Vere: I lied. I can't believe you fell for the old going-to-a-brothel ruse. You didn't even look out the window to make sure I'd gone away.