"I guess even when you can see everything, some things will always be a surprise."

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Source : Robin Benway (2010). “The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, & June”, p.175, Penguin

Robin Benway

#Surprise Quotes

“A fine lady is a squirrel-headed thing, with small airs and small notions; about as applicable to the business of life as a pair of tweezers to the clearing of a forest.”
“The surplus wealth we have gained to some extent at least belongs to our fellow beings; we are only the temporary custodians of our fortunes, and let us be careful that no just complaint can be made against our stewardship.”
“One of my friends once saw another guy's (criminal) record and said, 'Look, this guy is a born troublemaker, just a loser.' I had to tell him, 'No, that's my record-and it doesn't include my juvenile history.”
“Mary Kay knew that when you put people first and then surround them with processes and disciplines that recognize their efforts, performance will soar.”
“To act choicelessly is to act in accord with the situation. If someone throws a rock, you duck.”
“A man's not doing much until the cause he works for possesses all there is of him. Desire, when harnessed, is power.”
“If I were a young man With my bones full of marrow, Oh, if I were a bold young man Straight as an arrow, I'd store up no virtue For Heaven's distant plain, I'd live at ease as I did please And sin once again.”
“When someone's got your rear tires off the ground, you don't have much traction.”

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