Quotes About Surprise

And Myrnin seemed quite taken with that, Claire thought; she'd never seen him look at anyone with quite that much admiration. It surprised her that it made her feel a little … what was that? Jealous? Couldn't be.

I know, not what you were expecting am I? Everybody says that. Including my own family.

The saga started out a normal day—don't they all? I mean, surely one morning back there in prehistoric times a dinosaur woke up, yawned, chewed some coffee beans, and thought his day was going to be dead boring, just before a comet slammed into his neighborhood.

How can you smell this good after the kind of crappy day we've had?

It didn't help matters that Khalila suddenly broke down in tears. Even Glain seemed emotional. Jess was a little surprised by that. But the real question, Jess thought, is 'why I feel so little and they feel so much.' Maybe it was his upbringing. Maybe it was all the death he'd seen in the smuggling trade. Or maybe he was just trying to keep it all locked in a small, dark box until he could face what he felt.

Why the hell is Sam Cade here in handcuffs?

Right, I said, and turned to David. How do you feel about getting married tomorrow? I had no idea Djinn could look so blank. Venna turned to David and said, with the perfect blend of alarm and puzzlement, Are you sure she isn't insane? David continued with the blank look for a few more seconds, and then the light dawned warm in his eyes, and he slowly smiled. Actually, he said, I'm fairly certain she is, and that is exactly why I'm marrying her.

I half expected to find Sherlock Holmes thumb wrestling with Jane Austen in the corner.

You never know where the night will take you.

At last I had it—the Christmas present I'd wanted all along, but hadn't realized. His words.

Memo to Merle Haggard: Miracles really do happen. I

There's no way for me to know she'll find me here. I didn't call. I didn't text. I left it up to old connection, that old friendship sense.

Snarl sent me candy! Oh, how I might love him!)

It's not every day I learn I'm someone's destiny.

Carlos's smile spreads over his entire face. He reaches out, cups her chin, and presses a light kiss on her lips. Gabi's shocked eyes flutter closed, and when she opens them with a dazed look on her face, Carlos answers, "I'd love to.

A caprice is handled like a stew, and the pepper is added at the last minute.

People go through life failing to see all sorts of amazing things because they aren't expecting to see them.

Sometimes enlightenment descends upon you when you least expect it...

the world is a more mysterious place than it seems to be most of the time, when we're plodding along from breakfast to bedtime in a reassuringly familiar routine.

Some mysteries bite and bark and come to get you in the dark.

What's gotten into you today? All evening

We are what we are, he thought, and maybe the only time we can change what we are is when life throws us such a surprise that it's like hitting a plate-glass window with a baseball bat, shattering the grip of the past.

What's dropped your heart into your shoes?

Amazement and astonishment express the momentary overwhelming of the mind by something beyond expectation. Amazement is an emotional response, astonishment an intellectual one.