“The gift is for you...The surprise is for me.”
“He gave me a gift, a surprise. It was my first present in this place so far from home.”
“But you...are my sweetest gift. The life surprise that soothed all my ills and gave me my greatest joys. I feel so blessed you are mine.—Mama Ya-Ya”
“One of the most beneficial and valuable gifts we can give to ourselves in this life: is allowing ourselves to be surprised! It is okay if life surprises you. Its a good thing!”
“Life is a surprise gift wrapped in a mystery... its up to you to open it either with enthusiasm and curiosity or with fear.”
“The world could bring you poison in a jewelled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn't know which of them it was.”