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title: "4 Surprise Father Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“Personally, nothing would surprise me any more. If my father announced that he was really a Russian agent or my mother ran…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-townsend/personally-nothing-would-surprise-me-any-more-if-my-father-announced/)

[Sue Townsend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-townsend/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/sue-townsend-8170_parenting_personally-nothing-would-surprise-me-any_289512.png)

> [“She had been a pleasant surprise. From what her father had said I had expected an intellectual treat in a plain wrapper,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/she-had-been-a-pleasant-surprise-from-what-her-father-had-said-i-had/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/rex-stout-2846_happiness_she-had-been-a-pleasant-surprise-from-wh_1082354.png)

> [I am Abhorsen..." He looked at the baby again and added, almost with a note of surprise, "Father of Sabriel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/i-am-abhorsen-he-looked-at-the-baby-again-and-added-almost-with-a/)

[Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ca/garth-nix-2783_baby_i-am-abhorsen-he-looked-at-the-baby-agai_1662913.png)

> [And mother almost always sighs, When father carves the duck. Then all of us prepare to rise, And hold our bibs before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-vincent-wright-wotton/and-mother-almost-always-sighs-when-father-carves-the-duck-then-all/)

[Ernest Vincent Wright Wotton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-vincent-wright-wotton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/ernest-vincent-wright-wotton-2_father_and-mother-almost-always-sighs-when-fath_2869509.jpg)

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