Surprised Quotes

“He stares at me in blankly. “Are you accusing me of not caring for your sister?” he asks.

“If I truly believed you didn’t care for Taryn, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.”

He gives a long sigh. “Because you’d murder me?”

“If you’re playing with Taryn, Madoc will murder you; I won’t even get a chance.”

I sheath my knife and head toward the door.

“Your ridiculous family might be surprised to find that not everything is solved by murder,” Locke calls after me.

“We would be surprised to find that,” I call back.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“It's weird how I am constantly surprised by the passage of time when it's literally the most predictable thing in the Universe.”
― Randall Munroe

“Have you come to throw yourself on the mercy of the crown? Perhaps you hope the Queen of Elfhame will show leniency.'

Madoc barks out a laugh, his gaze going to me. 'Daughter, every time I think you cannot rise any higher, you prove me wrong,' he says. 'And I a fool to wonder if you were even still alive.'

'I am alive,' I say. 'No thanks to you.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“I like her,' Nesta admitted.

Cassian blinked. 'I don't think I've ever heard you say that about anyone.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“I suspected I had a new and undocumented disease and I was not surprised to find a rare disease was part of it!”
― Steven Magee, Hypoxia, Mental Illness & Chronic Fatigue

“After reviewing what hyperammonia does to mental and physical health, I was not surprised to find I had it.”
― Steven Magee, Summit Brain

“I was surprised to see my body no longer exhibiting food intolerance after many years of having it.”
― Steven Magee, Summit Brain

“I was surprised at how quickly the hurricane Ian disaster in Florida started to drop out of mainstream news.”
― Steven Magee

“I was surprised when the treatment for ‘Altitude Hypersensitivity’ turned out to be hypobaric therapy.”
― Steven Magee

“I was surprised when President Obama showed up to open the Desoto Solar Farm, as we knew it was dangerous at that point.”
― Steven Magee

“I would not be surprised to see the dangerous Desoto Solar Farm featured on a crime show in the future.”
― Steven Magee

“I was surprised that just two supplements taken together could make Altitude Hypersensitivity subside.”
― Steven Magee

“I was surprised at how deep the summit caldera was of the Mauna Loa volcano!”
― Steven Magee

“I was not surprised that a high altitude researcher would be harassed by high altitude police officers!”
― Steven Magee

“I was surprised at how simple the treatment for Altitude Hypersensitivity was.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“I was surprised after many years of being prescribed drugs and treatments by the medical profession that my altitude hypersensitivity was being controlled by just two nutritional supplements.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“...I turn and press the point of my knife directly underneath his chin.

'Jude?' he asks, up against the wall, pronouncing my name carefully, as though to avoid slurring. I am not sure I have ever heard him use my actual name before.

'Surprised?' I ask, a fierce grin starting on my face. The most important boy in Faerie and my enemy, finally in my power. It feels even better than I thought it would. 'You shouldn't be.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Cardan steps in front of me, pulling his cloak up. The metal needles glance off the fabric, falling to the floor. For a moment, we stare at each other, wide-eyed. He looks as surprised as I am that he protected me.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“I shouldn't have been surprised. Not when Rhysand liked to make a spectacle of everything. And found pissing off Tamlin to be an art form.

But there he was.

Rhysand, HIgh Lord of the Night Court, now stood beside me, darkness leaking from his like ink in water.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“How are you not winded,' he panted, hauling himself onto the flat top.

I shoved back the hair that had torn free of my braid to whip my face. 'I trained.'

'I gathered that much after you took on Dagdan and walked away from it.'

'I had the element of surprise on my side.'

'No,' Lucien said quietly as I reached for a foothold in the next boulder. 'That was all you.' My nails barked as I dug my fingers into the rock and heaved myself up. Lucien added. 'You had my back- with them, with Ianthe. Thank you.'

The words hit something low in my gut, and I was glad for the wind that kept roaring around us, if only to hide the burning in my eyes.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“At last, Lucien looked at me. At us.

He said, 'There are children laughing in the streets.'

I blinked. He said it with such... quiet surprise. As if he hadn't heard the sound in a long, long time.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“By the Cauldron,' a familiar male voice said beside Cassian, and he turned to find Lucien in the archway to the training area. ... 'Feyre said she was training, but I hadn't realised she was... well, training.'
...
'Did you think she was filing her nails?'

Lucien's mechanical eye clicked. His face tightened as Nesta threw a spectacular left hook into the wood beam. It shuddered with the impact. 'I wonder if there are some things that should not be awoken,' he murmured.

Cassian cut him a glare. 'Mind your own business, fireling.'

Lucien just watched Nesta attack, his golden skin a little pale.

'Why are you here?' Cassian asked, unable to help the sharpness. 'Where's Elain?'

'I am not always in the city to see my mate.' The last two words dripped with discomfort. 'And I came up here because Feyre said I should. I need to kill a few hours before I'm to meet with her and Rhys. She thought I might enjoy seeing Nesta at work.'

'She's not a carnival attraction,' Cassian said through his teeth.

'It's not for entertainment.' Lucien's red hair gleamed in the dimness of the rainy day. 'I think Feyre wanted a progress assessment from someone who hasn't seen her in a while.

'And?' Cassian bit out.

Lucien threw him a withering look. 'I'm not your enemy, you know. You can drop the aggressive brute act.'

Cassian gave him a grin that didn't meet his eyes. 'Who says it's an act?'

Lucien let out a long sigh. 'Very well.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“I am always surprised that a corrupt police department will be interviewed on camera!”
― Steven Magee

“You are most definitely not who I thought you were,' he murmured.

'How did you know?' I blurted out.

'Because the last time I kissed the owner of this cloak, she damn near sucked my tongue down her throat.'

'Oh,' I whispered. Was I supposed to have done that? It didn't sound like it would be something enjoyable.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash

“Each time I failed, it may have surprised me, but it didn’t surprise God, who sees and knows all things, even before they happen. That’s when it struck me. God knew I was going to stab Him in the back. God knew that if He saved my life, I was going to abuse these drugs. He knew that I was going to turn away from Him toward all the other things I loved more than Him. He knew I would relapse, yet He still chose to save my life.”
― Michael J Heil, Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

“There are many times when I'm in utter awe of you.'

I stilled. Every part of me.

'I shouldn't be surprised by when you're capable of,' he went on. 'What you're willing to do. But I am. I'm always in awe of you.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Does nothing bother you?' he said. 'You seem totally unmoved that you almost died.'

I didn't tell him that I was almost always dying.

'I don't have time to waste on useless things,' I said.

'It was strange to see you in such a state when I found you. And when I brought you back. So... weak.'

A wrinkle formed over his forehead, hinting at confusion.

And that confusion, in turn, confused me.

'Weak?'

'You've seemed... In the time we've known each other, you've seemed infallible.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“Don't be surprised if science discovers many other moons and earths in the universe because they were mentioned in the Qur'an more than fourteen centuries ago.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“It's like Tristan said, Izzy. Murder really does run in the family”
― Natasha Preston, The Fear

“Based on the wide range of dangerous objects thrown at the police in the UK riots of 2024, I was surprised no one was killed!”
― Steven Magee