# Quote — John Wyndham, Plan for Chaos

> You can half-expect things. Try to face them in advance, case-harden your mind, you think - but when they come, it's always different.

- Author: [John Wyndham](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham.md)
- Book: [Plan for Chaos](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/plan-for-chaos.md)
- Page: 41
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Wyndham#Plan_for_Chaos_(2009)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/plan-for-chaos/you-can-half-expect

## More from this book

> To sleep in peace, and resume a nightmare when one wakes, is a highly undesirable reversal of the natural order.

p. 86 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/plan-for-chaos/to-sleep-in-peace.md)

> "I see death as the worm's opportunity. It is defeat. You can dress it as you like, with drama, or glory, or pomposity, and perhaps deceive yourself for the critical moment - but, nevertheless, the same worm comes - it is defeat..."

p. 113 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/plan-for-chaos/i-see-death.md)

> It's all pretty simple if you don't give a damn who gets hurt in the rush.

p. 11 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/plan-for-chaos/its-all-pretty.md)