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Quotes About Surprise

Who the hell calls at two in the morning?""Maybe it's Matt Wilde, confessing his love, " Lindsay says."Very funny,
~ Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall
Marcus and Ellie exchanged a worried look and examined the bag again. Sure enough, the gold was gone.
~ Justin Swapp, The Magic Shop
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a a note on it saying, toys not included.
~ Bernard Manning
Yes, " he said sincerely. "Such a one deserves peanut butter on the seat of his pants.
~ Patricia Briggs, Frost Burned
Nick's eyes widened as a total state of befuddled huh possessed him. Was he in theTwilight Zone?
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon, Invincible
Charter boats are like books with no covers.
~ Tania Aebi
Taking a dump...blackout
~ Batuhan Ibal
You've already said you were going to kill me, " Alex said, "but I didn't think that meant you were going to bore me to death.
~ Anthony Horowitz, Point Blank
Hmmm... that's interesting.""What?""There seems to be a gentleman walking towards us with a shotgun.
~ Derek Landy
Man, surrounded by facts, permitting himself no surprise, no intuitive flash, no great hypothesis, no risk, is in a locked cell. Ignorance cannot seal the mind and imagination more securely.
~ Albert Einstein
Don't let your imagination take you by surprise.
~ Jimi Hendrix
As for me, the grounds of my hope have always been that history is wilder than our imagination of it and that the unexpected shows up far more regularly than we ever dream.
~ Rebecca Solnit
I never in my wildest imagination dreamed that I would somehow become a sports commentator.
~ Joe Rogan
Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.
~ Lawrence Block
Most things don't work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff.
~ Judi Dench
But why think about that when all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?
~ Jack Kerouac, On the Road
Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.
~ J.R.R. Tolkien
Surprise yourself every day with your own courage.
~ Denholm Elliott
I want to be strong and empowered. I want to shock everybody.
~ Vanessa Hudgens
I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.
~ Diane Arbus
Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.
~ Jim Rohn
Serendipity is looking in a haystack for a needle and discovering a farmer's daughter.
~ Julius H. Comroe, Jr.
They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them.
~ A. A. Milne
A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.
~ Mark Twain