Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

My father would invite me sweetly to come and sit on a stool at his feet, and, as I let myself trustingly down, he would gently kick the seat from under me - and laugh.

I want people to be surprised.

Funny how it kept hitting me, like each new thing was a surprise. When was I going to stop being surprised?

Say what you will, but you’re never prepared for the surprise attack.

Derek picked the spot? Had he been hoping I'd be blinded by the morning sun and stumble off the edge?

I come around when you least expect me! I'm sitting at the bar when your glass is empty!

You guys didn't really think you could go off on a party weekend without me, did you? Especially here of all places—" He froze and it was one of those rare moments when Adrian Ivashkov was caught totally and completely off guard. "Did you know," he said slowly, "that Victor Dashkov is sitting on your bed?" "Yeah," I said. "It was kind of a shock to us too.

the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise.

I think it is OK to surprise people.

You can never be sure what is around the corner.

Life can be very strange.

One thing I have realised is that there are no certainties. Anything can happen anytime.

Expect the unexpected, is what I'd say about 'Taboo.'

Everything is surprising, rightly seen.

Oil rich boys . . . had a nice, sweet smile but when you finished meeting with them your socks were missing and you hadn't even noticed they'd taken your boots.

The unexpected and the incredible belong in this world. Only then is life whole.

Before Keto could notice, Hedge pointed towards the top of the amphitheater. It looked like he might be screaming, Gods of Olympus, what is that? Keto turned. Coach Hedge promptly took off his fake foot and ninja-kicked her in the back of the head with his goat hoof.

I fell into a deep sleep tucked in that little cocoon, a deeper sleep than I might of had in years. Right up until someone kicked me and said "Gotcha!

NO!” The scream was the more terrible because he had never expected or dreamed that Professor McGonagall could make such a sound.

If he be so resolved, I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear That unicorns may be betrayed with trees And bears with glasses, elephants with holes, Lions with toils, and men with flatterers

I have been taken for a ride a couple of times. I've been hurt by people who I've had a 90 percent possibility of being hurt by.

He who does not expect will not find out the unexpected, for it is trackless and unexplored

You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies. One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes.

I was a little shocked at the elaborateness of the lie.

A question is a trap and an answer is your foot in it.