Unexpected Quotes - Page 12
It is only the unexpected that ever makes a customs officer think.
Freya Stark (1964). “The Journey's Echo: Selections”
Elizabeth George (1998). “Loving God with All Your Mind”, Harvest House Pub
"Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde". Book by David Gemmell, Ch. 7, May 1, 1988.
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