How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life
Marcus AureliusEngage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot anticipate.
Sun TzuStichwörter: people opportunity surprise predictability
There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved.
Charles MorganStichwörter: love surprise magical
He pulled her close kissing her mouth taking her by surprise. He stepped back passion smoldering in his eyes. She looked at him touching her mouth where his kiss still burned.
Amanda StephanStichwörter: love passion romance kiss surprise the-price-of-trust
I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything
Charles DickensStichwörter: experience surprise
The attacks of 9/11 were the biggest surprise in American history, and for the past ten years we haven't stopped being surprised. The war on terror has had no discernible trajectory, and, unlike other military conflicts, it's almost impossible to define victory. You can't document the war's progress on a world map or chart it on a historical timetable in a way that makes any sense. A country used to a feeling of being in command and control has been whipsawed into a state of perpetual reaction, swinging wildly between passive fear and fevered, often thoughtless, activity, at a high cost to its self-confidence.
George PackerStichwörter: progress war victory 9-11 control self-confidence reaction surprise terror command american-history 9-11-10th-anniversary
There are two kinds of taste in the appreciation of imaginative literature: the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition.
Henry JamesStichwörter: literature surprise recognition
It's shocking the things we call love.
Deb CalettiStichwörter: love mistakes surprise being-human
Well, hello there, Mother,” Sebastian said in a voice like silk. “Surprised to see me?
Cassandra ClareStichwörter: surprise jocelyn-fray sebastian-verlac
Even when alternative views are clearly wrong, being exposed to them still expands our creative potential. In a way, the power of dissent is the power of surprise. After hearing someone shout out an errant answer, we work to understand it, which causes us to reassess our initial assumptions and try out new perspectives. “Authentic dissent can be difficult, but it’s always invigorating,” [Charlan] Nemeth [a professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley] says. “It wakes us right up.
Jonah LehrerStichwörter: dissent creativity understanding assumptions surprise alternative-views invigoration new-perspectives
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