Surprises Quotes

421 Surprises quotes by 367 unique authors

It’s the leftover humans. The survivors. They’re the ones I can’t stand to look at, although on many occasions I still fail. I deliberately seek… — Markus Zusak
I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published… — Anne Lamott
There is much that science doesn't understand, many mysteries still to be resolved. In a Universe tens of billions of light-years across and some ten… — Carl Sagan
Rising from the dead? Glowing at sunrise? What did that make him, the god of cheerful mornings and macabre surprises? — N.K. Jemisin
But surprises were nothing new to her. Like opening a can of mushroom soup and finding tomato instead; be grateful and eat it anyway. — Sarah Addison Allen
Always plan for the worst, child, that way all your surprises are pleasant ones. — Robert Jordan
Clinging to any form of conservatism can be dangerous. Become too conservative and you are unprepared for surprises. You cannot depend on luck. Logic is… — Frank Herbert
Reality had no gears, and you never knew what surprises would come spinning out of its chaos. — Scott Westerfeld
I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything — Charles Dickens
Comfort and familiarity were wonderful but they also dulled passion and excitement. Predictability and habit made surprises almost impossible. — Nicholas Sparks
When you've lived as long as I have, nothing much surprises you. — Michael Scott
You could try and understand people, you could read books and understand words and concepts and ideas, but you could never understand enough or have… — Deb Caletti
Nothing human surprises me. — Charles Willeford
So odd. Most women of his acquaintance relied on physical beauty and charm to mask their less-pleasant traits. This girl did the opposite, hiding everything… — Tessa Dare
Wait, do they even know I'm coming with you?" "No. But they like surprises. Almost always. — Derek Landy
M is for magic. All the letters are, if you put them together properly. You can make magic with them, and dreams, and, I hope,… — Neil Gaiman
We do not always get what we want. Sometimes life presents us with surprises. — Michael Scott
Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one. — Bill Watterson
The name says it all. That's where Dad (Hades) tries out his new punishment ideas, but he says the traditional ones still work best: the… — Rick Riordan
In reading Chesterton, as in reading MacDonald, I did not know what I was letting myself in for. A young man who wishes to remain… — C.S. Lewis
May I ask you something?" I say. "Why do you read books, when you could be outside, living a million different adventures every day?" "Because… — Jodi Picoult
Real travel requires a maximum of unscheduled wandering, for there is no other way of discovering surprises and marvels, which, as I see it, is… — Alan Watts
I miss you, Eleanor. I want to be with you all the time. You’re the smartest girl I’ve ever met, and the funniest, and everything… — Rainbow Rowell
Sometimes I think of you and I feel giddy. Memory makes me lightheaded, drunk on champagne. All the things we did. And if anyone has… — Jeanette Winterson
My brain surprises even me sometimes. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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