Quotes About Backfiring

People who are influenced by this belief don't like to feel optimistic. They're suspicious of optimism because they think the universe, or God, will "even things out" by giving them something bad because they're feeling optimistic. This has a superstitious aspect to it, as when people "knock on wood" because they just said something optimistic, and they hope to prevent that statement from backfiring on them.

This is already backfiring," Winter muttered.

No surprises, no practical jokes, nothing unexpected, but a parent can't control everything, and there's a world of backfiring cars and their human equivalents.