“If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it.”
Source: The Road
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Cormac McCarthy 270
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter 1933Related quotes

“Always expect trouble in the desert. Then you usually won't meet it.”
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“It's when people compliment you that you're in trouble. That means they expect you to keep it up.”

“Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.”
Casus ubique valet; semper tibi pendeat hamus
Quo minime credas gurgite, piscis erit.
Book III, line 425
Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love)
Source: Heroides
Context: Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.

“That's the thing about lessons, you always learn them when you don't expect them or want them.”
Source: If You Could See Me Now