Unexpected Quotes
854 Unexpected quotes by 684 unique authors
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What were you chanting when you gave me your blood?” “More of my vampire magic. I cast a healing spell to aid the powers of…
— Gena Showalter
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As crude a weapon as the cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life - a fabric on the…
— Rachel Carson
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Old dark sleepy pool... Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
— Matsuo Basho
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This is not to say I don’t feel my own grief, which can hit powerfully at unexpected times. It’s just that the telling does not…
— Deb Caletti
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Matthey, a Geneva physician very close to Rousseau's influence, formulates the prospect for all men of reason: 'Do not glory in your state, if you…
— Michel Foucault
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the unexpected moment [is] always sweeter.
— Julia Quinn
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How totally unexpected," he declared, then proceeded to faint from blood loss.
— Brandon Sanderson
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I'm thinking of how unexpected and yet oddly preordained life can be. Events are upon you in an instant, unforseen and without warning, and often…
— Rob Lowe
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What the new mate, sports car, or unexpected check could never do, Christ says, "I Can." You'll love how he achieves it. He reconnects your…
— Max Lucado
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It was an act of devotion. A little like writing or loving someone — it doesn’t always feel worthwhile, but not giving up somehow creates…
— Miranda July
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In 1964 something totally unexpected happened. I got a job I enjoyed.
— Ozzy Osbourne
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It was such an unexpected and genuine smile that if I only had a soul I'm sure I would have felt quite guilty.
— Jeff Lindsay
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He tasted passion. He tasted emotion. He tasted a world he’d never imagined, one he could never enter. It was right there in front of…
— Christine Feehan
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The world is full of abandoned meanings. In the commonplace I find unexpected themes and intensities.
— Don DeLillo
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What we have here is an unexpected touchdown on the runway of the heart.
— Tom Robbins
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...So please, be tolerant of those who describe a sporting moment as their best ever. We do not lack imagination, nor have we had sad…
— Nick Hornby
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It‘s funny how, when things seem the darkest, moments of beauty present themselves in the most unexpected places.
— Karen Marie Moning
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But sometimes, in tight corners, when your back is against the wall and the world is against you, you have to fight back in unexpected…
— Caroline B. Cooney
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Suddenly his expression turned to alarm. He sprinted toward us. For a moment I had an absurd vision of myself on the cover of one…
— Rick Riordan
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I’d mentioned this odd wardrobe choice to Adrian a couple of weeks ago: “Isn’t Dimitri hot?” Adrian’s response hadn’t been entirely unexpected: “Well, yeah, according…
— Richelle Mead
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Where there had been only fearful emptiness or equally frightening grandiose fantasies, an unexpected wealth of vitality is now discovered. This is not a homecoming,…
— Alice Miller
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At the edge of chaos, unexpected outcomes occur. The risk to survival is severe.
— Michael Crichton
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But when you have order, you don't need Gods. When everything is well ordered and disciplined then nothing is unexpected. If you understand everything,' I…
— Bernard Cornwell
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I'm not an easy lay, Alexion” He actually smiled a real smile at her. It was charming and unexpected. "I am.
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Evaluate. Long experience had taught me to evaluate and assess. When the unexpected gets dumped on you, don’t waste time. Don’t figure out how or…
— Lee Child
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