#surprise

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#god #heaven #his #low #may

Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#angry #arrested #because #before #everyone

I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#am #aspects #attention #boundaries #conscious

Shakespeare very rarely makes the least attempt to surprise by his catastrophes. They are felt to be inevitable, though the precise way in which they will be brought about is not, of course, foreseen. ↗

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

#attempt #brought #catastrophes #course #felt

The magic of purpose and of love in its purest form. Not televison love, with its glare and hollow and sequined glint; not sex and allure, all high shoes and high drama, everything both too small and in too much excess, but just love. Love like rain, like the smell of a tangerine, like a surprise found in your pocket. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#love #magic #purpose #rain #surprise

I had years of partying, and I was kind of surprised and happy I survived it all. Now, being a parent, I look back on it thinking, Oh God, the things you did! ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#being #did #god #had #happy

It was very difficult to startle or surprise someone with a particular sound during the family computer era. ↗

— Nobuo Uematsu

#difficult #during #era #family #particular

I was surprised to find that I missed doing the musical. ↗

— Delta Burke

#find #i #missed #musical #surprised

When one person does something that works, everyone else wants to do it. So it didn't surprise me at all to see people come with different versions of 'American Idol' and a lot of them are exactly the same but with different twists. ↗

— Ruben Studdard

#american idol #come #different #does #else

Wonder is from surprise, and surprise stops with experience. ↗

— Bishop Robert South

#stops #surprise #wonder