'Kidnapping is a strong word. I prefer to think of it as 'Surprise Adoption' — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's a moment in every book when the book turns and it surprises me. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay. — Adam Lambert Copy Share Image
We can depend on the world being a perpetual surprise in perpetual motion. — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
Love is another kind of power, which shouldn't surprise you. Magic comes from emotions, among other things. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
I don't repeat that many styles if I can help, although some have become classics. I try not to repeat. I'd rather… — Christian Louboutin Copy Share Image
As soon as we abandon ourselves to God and do the task He has placed closest to us, He begins to fill… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
I think surprises are what's great about life: "WHOA! I didn't see that coming!" — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I'm sure it won't surprise you to learn that I kept a diary - actually, quite a number of them over the… — Harris Faulkner Copy Share Image
Sometimes we do get taken by surprise. For example, when the Internet came along, we had it as a fifth or sixth… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Surprise keeps the reader awake. The only alternative is to continue saying what the reader is expecting. What fun is that? — Aaron Belz Copy Share Image
If you know the punch is coming, it's easier to dodge it. When you don't know it's coming, it catches you by… — Trent Williams Copy Share Image
I agree with Scott Turow: A courtroom is inherently dramatic. You walk into court - it's like an ER, you know? Life… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
When you're auditioning, hold on loosely. Work hard on it at home, like you always do. But when you're in the room,… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
Can you see the deaths, divorces, job losses or changes, disappointments, surprises, and successes on people's faces? Have they been happy, sad,… — Tina Barney Copy Share Image
While it is undeniably true that people love a surprise, it is equally true that they are seldom pleased to suddenly and… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
The Padma Shri came as a very pleasant surprise. I am deeply honoured. I don't know what I did to deserve it,… — Sridevi Copy Share Image
Hippogriff, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I've observed some surprise in the reactions so far from people who were not aware that FromSoftware does other things besides 'Souls.'… — Hidetaka Miyazaki Copy Share Image
I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
It was a splendid population - for all the slow, sleepy, sluggish-brained sloths stayed at home - you never find that sort… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
On many occasions I have been asked if I think persecution will come to the Western church. My answer might surprise you.… — Brother Yun Copy Share Image
“It was after a Frontline television documentary screened in the US in 1995 that the Freyds' public profile as aggrieved parents provoked… — Judith Jones Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
Change is a constant. Anything you get attached to will one day be gone. Love the things you love as best as… — Eric Lange Copy Share Image
It has always seemed to me that the only painless death must be that which takes the intelligence by violent surprise and… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Now, some people do this for shock value. Shock is just another uptown word for surprise. Granted it has a different quality… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
A thin line separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. Our lives constantly walk that line. When we slip… — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
Since a good part of my life has been wasted dealing with fools just like them, it's not worry I feel but… — Álvaro Mutis Copy Share Image
The future is bound to surprise us, but we don't have to be dumbfounded. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
