“I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”

“But I'd rather help than watch. I'd rather have a heart than a mind. I'd rather expose too much than too little. I'd rather say hello to strangers than be afraid of them. I would rather know all this about myself than have more money than I need. I'd rather have something to love than a way to impress you.”

“I would rather save a few seconds than a few cents. I hope you don’t mind, but I’m saving them in your sofa cushions.”

“I would rather have this life of combat than the moral calm and mournful stupor of these last years. God give me struggle, enemies, howling crowds, all the combot of which I am capable.”

“You would rather face a life without me than to have me choose a life I would not choose for myself.”

“It happened like this, if it happened at all. I would rather go up to heaven by myself than be pushed by cherubs.”