Carl Sandburg
Poet, Biographer
"Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me."
Pleasant Surprises quotes
Pleasant Surprises
10 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Marcus Aurelius
Philosopher, Emperor
"Live your life as if you are ready to say goodbye to it at any moment, as if the time left for you were some pleasant surprise."
Paulo Coelho
Writer
"If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur."
Jane Austen
Novelist
"Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable."
J. R. R. Tolkien
Novelist, Scholar
"Did he say:"Hullo,Pippin!This is a pleasant surprise!"?No,indeed!He said:"Get up,you tom-fool of a Took!Where,in the name of wonder,in all this ruin is Treebeard?I want him.Quick" -Pippin Took"
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