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“Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have.”

Franz Kafka (1883–1924) author

“exists no miracle mightier than this:to feel”

E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet

“It's easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes.”

Flannery O’Connor book Wise Blood

“A poor original is better than a good imitation.”

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919) American author and poet

“There is no more expensive thing than a free gift.”

Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman

“Better a good journalist than a poor assassin.”

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …

“Literature is greater than any of us, dammit.”

Romain Gary (1914–1980) French writer and diplomat

“Dead men are heavier than broken hearts.”

Raymond Chandler book The Big Sleep

“We are more than the parts that form us.”

Patrick Rothfuss (1973) American fantasy writer

“Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.”

Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist

“It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.”

Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English writer

“Better than nothing is not good enough for you!”

Greg Behrendt (1963) American comedian

“Reading is more important to me than eating.”

John Piper (1946) American writer

“I'm more than just a piece in their Games.”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

“it is better to act and repent than not to act and regret.”

Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Italian politician, Writer and Author

“People are more than just the way they look.”

Madeleine L'Engle book A Wrinkle in Time

“Nothing in this world was more difficult than love.”

Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) Colombian writer

“Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.”

H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1940) American writer

“Sometimes it's a little better to travel than to arrive”

Robert M. Pirsig book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance