“The mourners clustered around the edge of the grave, paralyzed by the horror of this thing, this first discovery of death that was worse than the death itself.”
“Fear of death is worse than death itself...”
“There are so many worse things than death. Not to be loved or not to be able to love: that is worse.”
“Power fears truth above all things—more than bullets, more than bombs, more than death itself, because truth can destroy powerful men even as they lie in their graves.”
“To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.”
“At the door of life, by the gate of breath,There are worse things waiting for men than death.”