“I'd much rather be eating a bar of chocolate or even something healthy like a lettuce leaf alone at my desk than sitting through this silent, painful meal.”
“Also, vampires don't eat food. You never get to eat chocolate again. Ever. I'd rather die.”
“And something chocolate, of course. A meal was not a meal without some sort of chocolate for desert.”
“But I'd much rather face a dozen assassins like LaFleur any night than deal with something as tricky, convoluted, and fragile as my feelings.”
“I fear feeling my heart break a second time, because I'm not sure I could survive it. I'd rather live alone than risk the pain.”
“I'd rather eat nothing than eat a carrot.”