It's always better to expect for the worst. If the worst happens, you are prepared for it; if it doesn't, you get surprised and become grateful.

—Mya Robarts in The V Girl

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You usually can't recall all the people you've shared laughs with. But you rarely forget the people you've shared your tears with.

—Mya Robarts in The V Girl

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The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

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Don't be surprised by your greatness. Be surprised that no one expected it.

—Rebecca Maizel in Infinite Days

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Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company?

—Zora Neale Hurston

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The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected.

—Salman Rushdie

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The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

—Carl von Clausewitz

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