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“We're more cerebral than physical."
"Your cerebrum can't have an orgasm.”

Kresley Cole American writer

“It is far better for a man to go wrong in freedom than to go right in chains.”

Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) English biologist and comparative anatomist

“Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than
any other.”

Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer

“You damn your own soul better than I ever could.”

Leslie Marmon Silko book Ceremony

“A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.”

Walt Whitman (1819–1892) American poet, essayist and journalist

“Anyone who believes that a second is faster than a decade did not live life.”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

“Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description.”

Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer

“Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.”

Ludwig Börne (1786–1837) German writer

“To one's enemies: "I hate myself more than you ever could.”

Alain de Botton (1969) Swiss writer

“His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything.”

Jane Austen book Persuasion

“The man's desire is for the woman; but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.”

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher

“The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history.”

Czeslaw Milosz (1911–2004) Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator

“I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.”

Euripidés (-480–-406 BC) ancient Athenian playwright

“Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.”

Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist

“I'd rather live a hard life of fact than a sweet life of lies.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.”

Jim Bishop (1907–1987) American journalist and author

“I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.”

Margaret Atwood book Surfacing

“Nothing sets a Christian so much out of the devil's reach than humility.”

Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian

“Steampunk is nothing more than what happens when Goths discover brown.”

Charles Stross (1964) British science fiction writer and blogger