My Surprise Quotes

34 quotes by 28 authors

To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn't wish my teens and 20s on… — Lionel Blue
Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the gradual loss of belief, but when the process was completed,… — Bertrand Russell
To my surprise I found that when other top players in the precomputer age (before 1995, roughly) wrote about games in magazines and newspaper columns,… — Garry Kasparov
I was working in the lab late one night When my eyes beheld an eerie sight For my monster from his slab began to rise… — Bobby Pickett
Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was… — Donna Rice Hughes
Growth takes time. God knows that. I know that. And to my surprise, His abundance is mine in the process - not as a prize… — Carol Kent
To my surprise, I felt a certain springy keenness. I was ready to hike. I had waited months for this day, after all, even if… — Bill Bryson
Saddam Hussein greeted me with a handshake, which, again to my surprise, is surprisingly soft considering how many people that hand had dispatched, allegedly. I… — George Galloway
Imagine my surprise when, after a lifetime of teaching me to keep personal things to myself, Mom insisted my drawings were the start of a… — Cathy Guisewite
When 'Ice Ice Baby' was selling a million records a day, I bought several properties: a home next to Michael J. Fox in L.A., a… — Vanilla Ice
She was bedridden falling a fall which broke her hip. X-rays showed that she had cancer of the colon which had already spreed. To my… — Adeline Yen Mah
That the sum of a man's life was not where he wound up but in the details that brought him there. That we made mistakes.… — Jodi Picoult
Sara: "You are so brave," I tell her, and then I smile. "When I grow up, I want to be just like you." To my… — Jodi Picoult
And you're worried, not because you're headed to meet a houseful of vampires, but because you think those vampires won't approve of you, correct?â€ â€œThat's… — Stephenie Meyer
I doubt she likes the idea of seeing him put back in a cage.â€ â€œMaybe not,â€ he said. â€œBut she knows that the Authority are… — Devon Monk
His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing... My surprise reached a… — Arthur Conan Doyle
To my surprise, I recognized Dimitri Belikov-Rose's boyfriend-among those doing crowd control. He was easy to spot since he was almost always taller than everyone… — Richelle Mead
To my surprise, Joscelin rose. â€˜Phedre-â€™ He began, then halted. Sitting below him, I watched him smile to himself, quiet and private. â€˜Phedre yields with… — Jacqueline Carey
I turn around from the window and for the first time I see him... It is Richard, smiling at my surprise. I run to him,… — Philippa Gregory
One day as Father and I were returning from our walk we found the Grote Markt cordoned off by a double ring of police and… — Corrie Ten Boom

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