“Death is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain.”

“And in an infinite regress:
Tell me, why is the pain of birth
lighter borne than the pain of death?”

“The broom wasn't as comforting as a flamethrower would have been, but it was better than a mop and certainly more threatening than a feather duster.”

“It's so much nicer to be a secret and delightful sin to anybody than to be a feather in his cap.”

“Love is a better master than duty.”

“She weighed no more than a feather as he lifted her, but he teased her, saying, "You weigh more than you look."
"You are weaker than you look," she immediately whispered.”

“The male is colored much more gorgeously than the female so that he can be shot and made into feather embroidery.”

“Meteors are not needed less than mountains:
shine, perishing republic.”

“Duty was simply not enough. There had to be more than that!”

“How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.”