Quotes about Surprise

Give people more than they expect, and do it cheerfully.

Yes, she's fine. She's rereading one of your books. There's not many authors she likes, so if there's nothing new, she just rereads yours. The funny thing is, she forgets how they end, so she enjoys it just as much as the first time. I swear the woman could plan her own surprise party.

I have found that the most significant experiences of our lives rarely come when we're expecting them and oftentimes when we're not even paying attention.

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there.

Why do I pray? Because I never know what's going to pop out of my mouth.

I didn't think I would work for Nautica. I never thought in my life I would have a Sprite deal, never in my life did I think I would have a Target deal, ever.

The whole point of the Resurrection stories - and the Resurrection itself - is that we don't recognize Jesus when he comes back to us.

I am always pleasantly surprised by the criticism because I learn from it and sometimes shocked by it.

When it comes to awards and things like that - I don't know why - I just always sit in amazement and never really expect it.

You never can tell with bees.