“Besides, reality is so much better than any fairytale.”
“any live man is better than any dead man but no live or dead man is very much better than any other live or dead man”
“None of us is so much better or wiser than any other than he can destroy a single creature without destroying something of himself.”
“You're much better than fireworks. They're all over in a moment, and you're going to stay for a fortnight. Besides, fireworks are noisy, and they make too much smoke.”
“Myth is mecessary because reality is so much larger than rationality.”
“As it turned out, my perception was so much more intimidating than the reality.”