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A good, sympathetic review is always a wonderful surprise.

"Joyce Carol Oates, writer - portrait of the artist". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. August 14, 2012.

Some of you expressed surprise that I showed up-so many emails to read!

"Banqueters and the Spying News Bombshell" by Charles S. Clark, www.govexec.com. June 10, 2013.

What's happened to me,' he thought. It was no dream.

Franz Kafka (2016). “Collected Works (Complete Editions: The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, The Trial, ...)”, p.2, Franz Kafka

A lot interests me - but nothing surprises me particularly.

Edward Albee, Philip C. Kolin (1988). “Conversations with Edward Albee”, p.49, Univ. Press of Mississippi

I know we can’t always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural – no epidural, no interventions.

"Danica McKellar: 'My Hope Is To Go Fully Natural – No Epidural, No Interventions'". Interview with Jenny Schafer, celebritybabyscoop.com. July 8, 2010.

We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.

Buffalo Bill (1879). “The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography”, p.256, U of Nebraska Press

Most archivists don't like surprises. That's why we work in the past.

"The Inner Circle". Book by Brad Meltzer, abcnews.go.com. 2011.