Unexpected Quotes

854 Unexpected quotes by 684 unique authors

Family was even a bigger word than I imagined, wide and without limitations, if you allowed it, defying easy definition. You had family that was… — Deb Caletti
Experiment! Meet new people. That’s better than any college education . . . By adventuring; about, you become accustomed to the unexpected. The unexpected then… — Amelia Earhart
What? Is that boy crazy?" "Most young men his age are somewhat crazy, I think," Sazed said with a smile. "However, this is hardly unexpected.… — Brandon Sanderson
Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is. — Saul Bellow
She would consider each day a miracle - which indeed it is, when you consider the number of unexpected things that could happen in each… — Paulo Coelho
The Lord help us!' he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly… — Emily Bronte
We end up stumbling our way through the forest, never seeing all the unexpected and wonderful possibilities and potentials because we're looking for the idea… — Charles de Lint
I am a Smedry, and we do ridiculous, unexpected, eccentric things like this all the time! Ha-ha! — Brandon Sanderson
Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me. But… — Suzanne Collins
I always tell my students, about the biggest baddest things in life you must try to write small and light, save the big writing for… — Pam Houston
We all have that moment in life when something terrible happens for the first time. Something so unexpected, so awful, that it takes the magic… — Robin Parrish
Ancient eyes had stared at me, filled with ancient grief. And something more. Something so alien and unexpected that I'd almost burst into tears. I'd… — Karen Marie Moning
…there are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths. — Mark Nepo
And then, as the room went black, I was suddenly hyperaware that Edward was sitting less than an inch from me. I was stunned by… — Stephenie Meyer
I think of how life takes unexpected twists and turns, sometimes through sheer happenstance, sometimes through calculated decisions. In the end, it can all be… — Emily Giffin
Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we… — Elif Safak
The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable. — Wystan Hugh Auden
And she did not want him to think her quite mad, only a little unique, only containing within her just that measure of the unexpected… — Rose Tremain
In the past, when people criticized me for asking unexpected questions, I felt ashamed. Now I realize that normal people are acting in a superficial… — John Elder Robison
But there would be no confrontation the next day. And for Tommy Williams, there would be no school, either. Because the moment he walked through… — Liz Kessler
Hey, Ms. P," Tad called, "what's going on?" She let out a slow breath before she answered. "You won't believe this... Brian Murrey tried to… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
What we ask is to be human individuals, however peculiar and unexpected. It is no good saying: "You are a little girl and therefore you… — Dorothy L. Sayers
Saba: "You want this one to guide you?" Leia: "If you would consider it." Saba: "This one?" Leia: "Yes. I want someone who will challenge… — Troy Denning
You can say anything you want, yessir, but it's the words that sing, they soar and descend...I bow to them...I love them, I cling to… — Pablo Neruda
What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is… — Shigeru Miyamoto

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