“An empty stomach is better than full and grief is better than happiness.”
“Anything was better than nothing. Half-full was better than empty. Ignorance was the lowest form of humiliation and suffering.”
“Anger was better than tears, better than grief, better than guilt.”
“better to keep a good conscience with an empty purse, than to get a bad opinion of myself, with a full one.”
“The people we love are usually stronger than we give them credit for. It is the nature of love, perhaps, to want to shoulder all the pain rather than see the loved one suffer. But sometimes pain is better than emptiness. I have been so empty Kit. All my life. So full of emptiness. That is strange paradox is nit not - full of emptiness?”
“It is better to be pride of the herd than to be full of overweening pride.”