“Assuming the worst was always safer. And usually truer.”
“Maybe we should always assume the worst.”
“Better to assume the worst and be wrong than assume the best and be wrong.”
“Was I shy? No. Not shy. Just, usually blissfully indifferent. I liked it that way. It was safer.”
“With total strangers, it had always been my policy to expect the worst. Usually they-and those that you knew best, for that matter-did not disappoint.”
“But you don’t have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.”“You don’t have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isn’t always out to get you.”