“Always expect trouble in the desert. Then you usually won't meet it.”
John Flanagan (1873–1938) Irish-American hammer thrower
Source: Erak's Ransom
“Trouble comes in a thousand different ways. Not usually anything you expect, either. That’s why it’s trouble.”
— Charles Sheffield, book Convergence
Source: The Heritage Universe, Convergence (1997), Chapter 13 (p. 381)
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