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Quotes About Surprise

I yanked my gaze to Odysseus and Diomedes and was horrified to see them smiling. "Greetings, Prince Achilles," Odysseus said. "We've been looking for you.
~ Madeline Miller
I planted my hands on his chest and shoved, as hard as I could. Our land was one of grass and wheat. Tumbles should not hurt. I am making excuses. It was also a land of rocks. His head thudded dully against stone, and I saw the surprised pop of his eyes. The ground around him began to bleed.
~ Madeline Miller
The man smiled. "I was not invited. I interrupted.
~ Madeline Miller
His head thudded dully against stone, and I saw the surprised pop of his eyes. The ground around him began to bleed.
~ Madeline Miller
You gave me back the paradise That I thought I lost for good You helped me find the reasons why It took me by surprise that you understood You knew all along What I never wanted to say Until I learned to love myself I was never ever lovin' anybody else.
~ Madonna
When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.
~ Maggie Kuhn
Sighing, Brand did an act he thought never to do. He took a faerie, a goblin, and a sister and hugged them to his heart.
~ Unknown
Alucinaste cuando, a finales de mes, apareció dinero en tu desértica cuenta bancaria. ¡El milagro del trabajo! Y al mes siguiente, otra vez. Era una transacción alquímica muy sencilla. Tú tenías que llegar a la oficina a las diez, quedarte allí hasta la tarde, hacer lo que te mandaran y, al final, te daban dinero.
~ Maggie O'Farrell
Az ötedeki patikada büyük bir kayan?n ard?ndan bir adam ç?k?veriyor.
~ Maggie O'Farrell
one of those terrifying rows where suddenly an end you never thought would come rears up in front of you, like a cliff edge you weren't aware of.
~ Maggie O'Farrell
God, Brigham. You never told me you were a goddamn goddess.
~ Maggie Shayne
He thought she was like all four seasons wrapped in one unpredictable day. She could go from sunshine to blizzard, from heat wave to ice storm, from gentle breeze to lightning bolt, all in the blink of an eye. And he had no idea what sort of weather was coming next.
~ Maggie Shayne
And if happiness should surprise you again, do not mention its previous betrayal. Enter into the happiness, and burst.
~ Mahmoud Darwish
There must be a secret. There must be an ongoing secret for love to remain a surprise and a gift.
~ Mahmoud Darwish
Fluke me, Murdstone.
~ Mal Peet
That's how it can happen sometimes. Just when you thought there was nothing left for Fortune to throw at you, she deals you a low blow. Kindness.
~ Unknown
Sometimes the things you're convinced you don't want turn out to be the thing you need the most in this world.
~ Malorie Blackman
As I put together the wolf was Jeffrey, I gasped. "Holy crap. You so can totally lick your own butt!
~ Mandy M. Roth
Something of an accomplished acrobat, Burgess managed to not only stay on Austin, but race around his shoulders and then down the back of his shirt. That only served to set Austin off more. He fell onto the grass and did a bizarre version of stop, drop, and roll. Except there was no fire. Just a fox squirrel. Every turn Austin did left the bulge that was better known as Burgess moving around under his shirt, easily avoiding being smushed. "Get it off me!
~ Mandy M. Roth
Witness the diversity of an unpredictable self that seems to repeat and reproduce itself exactly but that can also take me by surprise, outstrip and escape me.
~ Unknown
I had gone with Henri Pirenne to Stockholm; we had scarcely arrived, when he said to me: 'What shall we go to see first? It seems that there is a new city hall here. Let's start there.' Then, as if to ward of my surprise, he added: 'If I were an antiquarian, I would have eyes only for old stuff, but I am a historian. Therefore, I love life.
~ Marc Bloch
when one expects pure and unmixed suffering, the smallest [10] joy becomes an unhoped-for surprise.
~ Unknown
One thing that is exciting about fashion is the surprise element. People don't know what they want. They just know when they see it.
~ Marc Jacobs
Tu étais entré dans ma vie comme arrive l'été, sans prévenir, avec ces éclats de lumière qu'on retrouve au matin.
~ Marc Levy