“Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood.”
“We're more cerebral than physical."
"Your cerebrum can't have an orgasm.”
Source: Dark Desires After Dusk
“It is far better for a man to go wrong in freedom than to go right in chains.”
“Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than
any other.”
“A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.”
“Anyone who believes that a second is faster than a decade did not live life.”
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description.”
Comprehension
Source: One Minute Wisdom (1989)
“Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.”
Variant: Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
“His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything.”
Source: Persuasion
23 July 1827
Table Talk (1821–1834)
“The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history.”
“I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.”
“Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“I'd rather live a hard life of fact than a sweet life of lies.”
Source: Shadowfever
“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.”
“I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.”
Lady Oracle (1976)
Source: Surfacing
“Nothing sets a Christian so much out of the devil's reach than humility.”
“Steampunk is nothing more than what happens when Goths discover brown.”
