#surprise

When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories - and my absolute favourite was 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.' Everything about it electrified me, and when I re-read Roald Dahl's books as an adult it surprised me. ↗

— David Walliams

#absolute #adult #book #books #charlie

A lot of my work is a matter of reacting to surprises in life. ↗

— Alexander Wang

#lot #matter #reacting #surprises #work

Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#am #britain #having #i #like

The Russians are turning east to the Chinese - to the Europeans' surprise. It always seemed to me that the relationship between Russia and China would shift from being based in Marx and Lenin to being based in oil and gas. ↗

— Daniel Yergin

#based #being #between #china #chinese

We were surprised that the television series had the kind of longevity that it had after only four years of filming it and the reception in 6 countries around the world was quite extraordinary. ↗

— Paul M. Glaser

#around #countries #extraordinary #filming #four

Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could use WMDs, is by acquiring information that allows for pre-emptive action. ↗

— John Yoo

#action #al #allows #attacks #casualties

Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days. ↗

— Jack Youngblood

#boy #days #drafted #i #me

Men go into marriage with virtually no expectations whatsoever. Ten years later, the men are delightfully surprised to find out that it's actually kind of nice, and the women have sort of had to take a nose dive from what they thought it was going to be. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#delightfully #dive #expectations #find #go

I guess, what I'm saying is that when I've been this surprised by my own characters and world, all bets are off. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#bets #characters #guess #i #my own

My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If your characters are real, then they surprise you, just like real people. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#characters #constantly #friends #give #i