“I would rather die a spinster—poor, ruined, scorned, and alone—than suffer that heartbreak daily.”
“We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and see our illusions die.”
“We would rather be ruined than changedWe would rather die in our dreadThan climb the cross of the momentAnd let our illusions die.”
“I would rather live than die. I would rather die than survive as a monster.”
“Mithorden:I would rather live than die. I would rather die than survive as a monster.”
“Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor; in short, for a sort of life rather than a Monday through Friday sort of dying.”