“There's nothing worse than waiting and not knowing what'll happen to you. Your own imagination can be crueler than any captor.”
“...we must be a beacon of hope, because if you tell people there's nothing they can do, they will do worse than nothing.”
“There is nothing worse than an enemy with imagination.”
“My brother Keith begged to go with us as usual. He'll turn thirteen in a few days - August 14 - and the thought of waiting two more years until he's 15 must seem impossible to him. I understand. Waiting is terrible. Waiting to be older is worse than other kinds of waiting because there's nothing you can do to make it happen faster.”
“There's nothing worse than misplaced optimism.”
“There's nothing worse than a messy dead body.”