“Being frightened of things is worse than the things themselves.”
“If there was one thing worse than being cheated, it was being cheated by someone who referred to themselves in the third person.”
“There are worse things than being mad.”
“There were worse things than being young and foolish.”
“There are worse things, worse than being like us. Look, at least we're alive.”
“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.”