“Be prepared for the worst, my love, for it lives next door to the best.”

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

“Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.”

“there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.”

“There is always a part of my mind that is preparing for the worst, and another part of my mind that believes if I prepare enough for it, the worst won’t happen.”

“Credulity lives next door to Gossip.”

“She loved me coming and going, at my worst and at my best. She had a bottomless well of love for me.”

“Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.”

“It's no trick loving somebody at their best. Love is loving them at their worst.”

“Next worst thing to unrequited Love, isn't it? Insufficient hate.”