Unexpected Quotes

854 Unexpected quotes by 684 unique authors

its fun to do the unexpected. — Walt Disney
Our mania for rational explanations obviously has its roots in our fear of metaphysics, for the two were always hostile brothers. Hence, anything unexpected that… — Carl Jung
Always take the most unexpected route — Jennifer Estep
Bidding the wizard farewell, he turned to his daughter, who held up her finger and said, “Daddy, look — one of the gnomes actually bit… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
That's the past for you. Not only does it come back at the most unexpected, and inconvenient, times but it's set in stone. — Jeffery Deaver
When I wake, I have a brief, delicious feeling of happiness that is somehow connected with Peeta. Happiness, of course, is a complete absurdity at… — Suzanne Collins
The lesson? To respond to the unexpected and hurtful behavior of others with something more than a wipe of the glasses, to see it as… — Alain de Botton
The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only because most… — J.R.R. Tolkien
If you see your brother in need, it doesn't matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God… — Andy Stanley
I don't know what God is, or what God had in mind when the universe was set in motion. In fact, I don't know if… — Jon Krakauer
I have read that there are two fears that cannot be trained out of us: the startle reaction upon hearing an unexpected noise, and vertigo.… — Yann Martel
There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare. — Mary Renault
It's a funny thing about stories. It doesn't feel like you make them up, more like you find them. You type and type and you… — Steven Moffat
evil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in. — J.R.R. Tolkien
The love of literature, of language, of the mystery of the mind and heart showing themselves in the minute, strange, and unexpected combinations of letters… — John Edward Williams
The pain, so unexpected and undeserved, had for some reason cleared away the cobwebs. I realized I didn’t hate the cabinet door, I hated my… — Philip K. Dick
Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so they never have to. They don't have to trust God if something unexpected… — Francis Chan
Have you ever been anyone's?" I ask, a feathery whisper in the quiet bedroom. He lifts his head to mine, and I want him so… — Katy Evans
The man who is unable to people his solitude is equally unable to be alone in a bustling crowd. The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege… — Charles Baudelaire
As he flushed, an unexpected realization hit him. This is the Pope's toilet, he thought. I just took a leak in the Pope's toilet. He… — Dan Brown
Falling in love with him was completely unexpected. When you only see someone as a friend, you don’t expect anything else. There was definitely a… — Helena Bonham Carter
There was an unexpected freedom in finding out that one wasn't as important as one had always assumed! — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability. — H P Lovecraft
Sometimes the things you’ve lost can be found again in unexpected places. — Daniel Handler
After the keen still days of September, the October sun filled the world with mellow warmth...The maple tree in front of the doorstep burned like… — Elizabeth George Speare

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