Surprise Quotes - Page 17

• You think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise.

  Henning Mankell

  Thinking, You Think You Know, Persons

  Henning Mankell, Ebba Segerberg (2013). “Before The Frost: A Linda Wallander Mystery”, p.274, The New Press

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• But I've grown thoughtful now. And you have lost Your early-morning freshness of surprise At being so utterly mine: you've learned to fear The gloomy, stricken places in my soul, And the occasional ghosts that haunt my gaze.

  Siegfried Sassoon

  Morning, Thoughtful, Soul

  Siegfried Sassoon (1949). “Collected Poems”

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• I've been left for someone...all those things...It was sometimes a surprise, and sometimes you saw t coming. The most painful was when I kept trying to get someone back. But we all make dumb mistakes.

  George Clooney

  Mistake, Dumb, Trying

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• That should have been my strategy! By the time I’ve worked through the emotions of surprise, admiration, anger, jealousy, and frustration, I’m watching that reddish mane of hair disappear into the trees well out of shooting range.

  Suzanne Collins

  Frustration, Hair, Should Have

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.278, Scholastic Inc.

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• ll K Hamilton Some days the lion eats you, but some times you shove your arm down it's throat and pull it's visera out through it's mouth and kill it. Of course, sometimes it bites your arm off, and then eats you, but you tried, that's what counts. Some days it's not about winning, but about fighting. If you don't try, the lion will most definetely eat you. But sometimes when you put your all into something, and don't give up even when the odds are so against you, you surprise the lion and yourself, and you win.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Fighting

  FaceBook post by Laurell K Hamilton from Apr 04, 2012

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• 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 interesting about herself behind a prim, plain facade. What other surprises was she concealing?

  Tessa Dare

  Girl, Opposites, Interesting

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• We dream — it is good we are dreaming — It would hurt us — were we awake — But since it is playing — kill us, And we are playing — shriek — What harm? Men die — externally — It is a truth — of Blood — But we — are dying in Drama — And Drama — is never dead — Cautious — We jar each other — And either — open the eyes — Lest the Phantasm — prove the Mistake — And the livid Surprise Cool us to Shafts of Granite — With just an Age — and Name — And perhaps a phrase in Egyptian — It's prudenter — to dream —

  Emily Dickinson

  Dream, Hurt, Drama

  Emily Dickinson (1998). “The Poems of Emily Dickinson”, p.408, Harvard University Press

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• Doesn't surprise me," Nana snorted. "I wouldn't put anything past your late husband." "He's not dead, Nana." Nana sighed. "Hope springs eternal.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Husband, Spring, Past

  Nicholas Sparks (2010). “The Lucky One”, p.157, Hachette UK

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• The odd thing about recurring dreams is that, no matter how many times you dream the same thing, it always takes you by surprise.

  David Small

  Dream, Odd Things, Matter

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• Are you conceding?' he says, his mouth falling open with mock surprise. 'Seems like that serum did you some good after all...' I shove him as hard as I can. 'Take that back. Take it back now.' 'Okay, okay!' He puts up his hands. 'It's just... I'm not very nice either, you know. That's why I like you so- ' 'Out!' I shout, pointing at the door.

  Veronica Roth

  I Like You, Nice, Fall

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• Wait, do they even know I'm coming with you?" "No. But they like surprises. Almost always.

  Derek Landy

  Waiting, Knows

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• You don't like it that I am the one you need to keep the wolf from the door; that comes as no surprise. But I am the one you have. At some point we'll both have to risk telling the truth.

  Juliet Marillier

  Doors, Risk, Needs

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• I love you,” Buttercup said. “I know this must come as something of a surprise, since all I’ve ever done is scorn you and degrade you and taunt you, but I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more.

  William Goldman

  Love You, Done, Hours

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.44, A&C Black

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• 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, even a few surprises.

  Neil Gaiman

  Dream, Magic, Together

  Neil Gaiman (2008). “M Is for Magic”, HarperCollins

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• Please don’t do this—don’t do this to me. If anything happened to you—” He looked at her with surprise. There was already a red stain on the white bandages that wrapped his chest, where his movements had pulled his wound open. “I…” “What?” “I’m not used to you loving me,” he said.

  Cassandra Clare

  White, Movement, Red

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.2097, Simon and Schuster

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• A surprise trigonometry quiz that everyone in class fails? Must be in the Lord’s plan to give us challenges.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Class, Giving, Challenges

  "A Walk to Remember". Book by Nicholas Sparks, www.beliefnet.com. 1999.

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• Some people fall head over heels. Other people begin to fall without even knowing it—love grows like a spring flower beneath last autumn’s leaves and catches them by surprise.

  Elizabeth Chandler

  Spring, Flower, Fall

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• Uncle Jeb," we croaked in surprise. "You found us." "Well, now," he said, and his gruff voice brought back a hundred memories. "Well, now, here's a pickle.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Uncles, Memories, Voice

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• Always, always ask for what you want. Because the Universe might surprise you — and give it to you.

  James A. Owen

  Giving, Want, Might

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• TOP FIVE WAYS PEOPLE CAN SURPRISE YOU 5. Just when you think they’ve given up on you, they prove that they never will. 4. They find a way to speak up after staying silent for so long. 3. They defend you when you least expect it. 2. By showing you how life can get better now. 1. By helping you find a place to belong.

  Susane Colasanti

  Thinking, Long, People

  Susane Colasanti (2012). “Keep Holding On”, p.122, Penguin

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• What do you think dignity's all about?' The directness of the inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. 'It's rather a hard thing to explain in a few words, sir,' I said. 'But I suspect it comes down to not removing one's clothing in public.

  Kazuo Ishiguro

  Thinking, Few Words, Inquiry

  Kazuo Ishiguro (2010). “The Remains of the Day”, p.210, Vintage

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• The bristling eyebrows shot up in mock surprise. Mesmerized. the boy watched them disappear under the hanging white thatch of hair. There, almost coyly, they remained just out of sight for a moment, before suddenly descending with a terrible finality and weight.

  Jonathan Stroud

  Boys, Hair, Sight

  "The Amulet of Samarkand". Book by Jonathan Stroud, September 30, 2003.

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• We do not always get what we want. Sometimes life presents us with surprises.

  Michael Scott

  Want, Sometimes, Sometimes In Life

  "The Enchantress". Book by Michael Scott, May 24, 2012.

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• To almost no one's surprise, Astrid said, "Dune, by Frank Herbert. 'I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that bring total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the Fear has gone there will be nothing.'" She and Lana together spoke the last phrase of the incantation. "'Only I will remain.

  Michael Grant

  Fear, Eye, Past

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• Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.

  Bill Watterson

  Needs, Life Is, Life Is Full Of Surprises

  "Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat". Book by Bill Watterson, October 1994.

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