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Unexpected Quotes - Page 12

It is only the unexpected that ever makes a customs officer think.

Freya Stark (1964). “The Journey's Echo: Selections”

A man cannot spend his life worrying about the unexpected.

"Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde". Book by David Gemmell, Ch. 7, May 1, 1988.

I was more aware initially of shows like Tales of the Unexpected. And the BBC used to put on a lot of one-off, bizarre television plays.

"The Man Behind Netflix’s “Black Mirror” Is Maybe a Little Too Good at Predicting the Future". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 14, 2016.

How totally unexpected," he declared, then proceeded to faint from blood loss.

Brandon Sanderson (2007). “Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition”, p.594, Macmillan

I am a Smedry, and we do ridiculous, unexpected, eccentric things like this all the time! Ha-ha!

Brandon Sanderson (2016). “The Shattered Lens: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians”, p.28, Macmillan

PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it.

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.172, 谷月社

Wilderness, then, assumes unexpected importance as a laboratory for the study of land - health.

Aldo Leopold (1968). “A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There”, p.172, Oxford University Press