“Good luck is just bad luck with its hair combed.”
Stephen King (1947) American author
Page 457.
Everything's Eventual (2002), "Luckey Quarter"
“The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting.”
Mrs. Reynolds and Five Earlier Novelettes (1952) Pt. 1 (written 1940-1943)
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