“I suppose it’s comfort, perhaps a sense of self-control, doing worse things to yourself than the world will ever dare inflict.”

— Chuck Palahniuk , book Tell-All

Source: Tell-All

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American novelist, essayist 1962

Gerald M. Weinberg (1933–2018) American computer scientist

Source: Quality Software Management: Volume 2, First-order measurement, 1993, p. 9

“Well, perhaps; but I begin to think there are better things than being comfortable.”

George MacDonald book At the Back of the North Wind

Source: At the Back of the North Wind

“I'll clue you in on a secret: death is not the worst thing that could happen to you. I know we think that; we are the first society ever to think that. It's not worse than dishonor; it's not worse than losing your freedom; its not worse than losing a sense of personal responsibility.”

Bill Maher (1956) American stand-up comedian

Be More Cynical (2000)

“To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.”

Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969) founder of aikido

The Art of Peace (1992)

“Doing what you're supposed to do is always boring. I can't imagine anything worse than being required to have fun.”

Scott Westerfeld book Uglies

Source: Uglies

“Because what was the point in crying when there was no one there to comfort you? And what was worse, when you couldn’t even comfort yourself?”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Variant: What was the point in crying when there was no one to comfort you? And what was worse, when you couldn't even comfort yourself?
Source: City of Glass