"This may surprise you, but it is difficult to find people like yourself who possess, if I may say so, your gentleness of manner." —Carol Shields, "Hazel," Collected Stories

"This may surprise you, but the truth is that you will be free to love other people when you have learned to love yourself first!" —Ralph Jenkins & Marie Ornesved, Sensitelligent: A Guide to Life (2010)

"This may surprise you, but some argue that almost all postdivorce violence is rooted in imbalanced custody arrangements." —Ira & Linda Distenfield, We The People's Guide to Divorce (2005)

"This may come as a surprise, but finished concrete feels good."
—Fu-Tung Cheng, Concrete Countertops

"Believe it or not, children do not always understand the reasoning that seems so obvious to adults."
—Positive Discipline for Preschoolers

"If economics is studied in the right way, it's a lot of fun.  This may surprise you, if you've ever looked at a college textbook on economics."
—David Gordon, An Introduction to Economic Reasoning (2000)

"This may come as a surprise but most doctors and dentists are not scientists."
—Rafael Aguayo, The Metaknowledge Advantage

"With the exception of their eyes being closed and their bodies being relaxed, hypnosis subjects are fully awake.  This may surprise you and may perhaps be a little difficult to understand."
—Joe Niehaus, Investigative Forensic Hypnosis (1998)

"This may come as a surprise, but there is no one right way to get organized." —Donna Smallin, Organizing Plain and Simple

"And thus we arrive at the surprising truth that true art is truer than fact."
—James Wideman Lee, The Geography of Genius (1920)

"Corporate America loves experts, and pays dearly for their expertise.  This may surprise you—have you ever considered becoming an information expert in a small area?"
—Michael Geraghty, Anybody Can Negotiate—Even You! (2006)

"Believe it or not, money isn't all that it's cracked up to be."
—Lee Goldberg, Mr. Monk in Outer Space

"For the surprising truth is, love has little to do with relationship survival."
—Tom Merrill & Bobbie Sandoz-Merril, Settle for More (2005)

"This may come as a surprise, but, theoretically, a camera is lubricated for 'life.'"
—Thomas Tomosy, Camera Maintenance & Repair

"In a restaurant, you can tell if bamboo chopsticks have been used many times by dark stains from soy sauce visible at the tips.  This may surprise you."
—Gaku Homma, The Folk Art of Japanese Country Cooking (1991)

"This may come as a surprise, but the big secret when it comes to money is to give it away!" —Daniel Robinson, Potion Mixology

"The telephone in your home is built scientifically to fit your voice.  This may surprise you at first thought since your telephone looks exactly like every other telephone."
—Popular Science, Nov. 1923

"This may surprise you—be prepared for laughter as people share memories and stories."
—Helen Fitzgerald, The Grieving Teen (2000)

"Believe it or not, my clothes aren't always unicolored, wrinkle free, and intense."
—Paige Shelton, Farm Fresh Murder

"Surprising though it may sound, the type of composer who shuts himself away in the ivory tower of his workshop and devotes himself entirely to the serious business of filling staves with notes is virtually unknown in the history of Hungarian music."
—The New Hungarian Quarterly (1980)