“If you plan for the worst, all surprises are pleasant.”

— Robert Jordan, The Shadow Rising

Gaul
(15 September 1992)
Variant: Always plan for the worst, that way all your surprises will be pleasant ones.
Source: The Shadow Rising

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American writer 1948–2007

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