Quotes About Surprise

And one thing experience has taught me is that life can hammer you hard just when everything seems to be so fine, but life can also drop the most amazing moments of grace on you just when you thought nothing good would ever happen again.

By now, he should not be the least surprised by the capacity of evil people to deceive their credulous friends and neighbors—or by the unconscious preference of so many people to be deceived.

WHEN A FIERCE-LOOKING GUY COMES OUT of a mirror as though it's a doorway, and when he grabs for you and snags your shirt with his fingertips, you could be excused for wetting your pants or for losing total control of your sphincter, so

The stranger has gone to the back of the vehicle. "He's trying the liftgate," Libby says.

In life, deep and terrible secrets are usually revealed not when you're searching for them, but when you least expect them and are unprepared.

the sudden arrival of two-legged visitors.

the wake of the shriek, gunfire erupts. One, two, three shots.

Your cousin Paulie, he has prostate cancer. Who knew he's man enough to have a prostate?

Nevertheless, I quickly pulled my feet onto the seat and would have gathered my petticoats tightly around me if I had been wearing any. After

The only thing he'd needed to scare away with a long blast of the horn had been raccoons that approached him hissing and baring their teeth.

discovered the deadbolt hadn't been engaged.

Sam," Beth said, as she placed her hand on his arm. Looking at him, her eyes were full of love. "This is the Christmas surprise I mentioned. That beautiful young girl with that gift for music is your daughter, Luci.

My daughter is pregnant. She's only nineteen.

Mousy. It was the only word Travis could think to describe Mary Warner when she stepped off the plane. His heart sank and took a moment to rally itself. Long legs, that was all he'd asked for, and what did he get? Minnie Mouse.

Max looked startled at her question, like a kid who had just arrived in class to discover there was an algebra test he hadn't studied for.

Thought you didn't like red hair. One of Drew's dimples kicked in as he draped an arm about Grandma's shoulder. Must have me confused with someone else, but I'm not surprised. Seems to happen to most of the older set at some point or other.

I heard her surprise and then the sigh as we began the rhythm of connection and self-absorption, the miracle of sex.

His eyeballs look like he bought them in a joke shop.

Baby, why are you all wet?

People surprise you sometimes.

He gave her a long, worried look, but cars were stacking up behind them and dusk was gathering. A horn blared. Then another. He handed her a business card—Kenny's Cabinets—and told her to call him anytime. She thanked him and got out of the minivan. As he drove away, she realized the van wasn't even red. It was bronze.

A hedgehog? And just how does a hedgehog make love? he demanded. No, I thought. I won't. I will not. But I did. Very carefully, I replied, giggling helplessly. So now we know just how old that one is, I thought.

Why, what's the matter wi' the poor child? she demanded of Jamie. Has she had an accident o' some sort? No, it's only she's married me, he said, though if ye care to call it an accident, ye may.

Has he come armed, then?" she asked anxiously. "Has he brought a pistol or a sword?" Ian shook his head, his dark hair lifting wildly in the wind. "Oh, no, Mam!" he said. "It's worse. He's brought a lawyer!