“Always the tone of surprise.”
“People told her she hadn't changed much, in a tone which hinted they were surprised and a little disappointed she hadn't.”
“Life is full of surprises. Why is that always surprising?”
“I have a suggestion," said Valentine to Luke, in a surprisingly even tone."Let me guess," said Luke. "It's 'Don't kill me,' isn't it?”
“You interest me,' he said, and his tone suggested this fact itself surprised him, meant something more to him than perhaps it should: a man surprised by being interested was living a piss-poor facsimile of life, in her view.”
“The ending is always a surprise.”