“There were worse things than being young and foolish.”
“There are worse things than having behaved foolishly in public.There are worse things than these miniature betrayals,committed or endured or suspected; there are worse thingsthan not being able to sleep for thinking about them.It is 5 a.m. All the worse things come stalking inand stand icily about the bed looking worse and worse and worse.”
“There were few things worse than being ordinary, in Evie’s opinion. Ordinary was for suckers.”
“You are an old pig!'one of them said to the other. 'And that is worse than being a young one.”
“There are worse things than being mad.”
“Being frightened of things is worse than the things themselves.”