John Jeremiah Sullivan Quotes

Surprise is inherent in the structure of the world.

It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

I guess if you live long enough, anything can happen.

Sometimes, unexpected things can happen.

But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it's always when you're least expecting it.

Anything that is unexpected is the X-factor.

Death is inevitable, but Life - that's the tricky bit where things happen.

The only time I've tried to make plans, the cosmic sledgehammer has intervened and something else has happened. You just have to wait and see what comes your way, so that's what I do.

No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time.

Who likes surprises? Nobody I know likes surprises. But facts change on the ground.

We don't appreciate luck in life when things are going well. No matter how smart I am and how I prepare, there are things that catch you off guard.

We expect surprises. There has to be surprises.

Life is all about the unexpected.

I'm not surprised by much in this league. You see and hear all kinds of stuff, you never know what can happen.

You never know what's going to happen throughout the course of a season.

Everything can happen in tennis.

You never know what's around the corner.

You never know what's going to happen, not just after two months, but tomorrow, you never know what's going to happen.

Life was a swarm of accidents waiting in the treetops, descending upon any living thing that passed, ready to eat them alive. You swam in a river of chance and coincidence. You clung to the happiest accidents- the rest you let float by.

Anything can happen. Anything happens all the time.

People who think they know what is going to happen next are fools. Surprises - or what the brilliant author Nassim Taleb calls 'Black Swans' - are inevitable. Some are likely to be desperately unpleasant too

Anything can happen. The great banana peel of existence is always on the floor somewhere.

Anything can happen in one day.

Reality had no gears, and you never knew what surprises would come spinning out of its chaos.