I Quotes
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“I’d rather have you hating me than not have you at all.”
Source: Little Deaths
“I'd rather have your lifeblood tainted than spilled on a forest floor.'
He said no more, just held her. 'I'm not worth it,' she whispered at last.
'Who says so?'
'I do.'
'Then you don't know what love is.”
Source: The Jewel of St. Petersburg
“I’d rather he live his life dangerously than not at all. My only worry is that he won’t stop until he’s sacrificed himself in the process.”
Source: Adaptive
“I'd rather I was a stray pup,' I made bold to say. And then all my fears broke my voice as I added, "You wouldn't let them do this to a stray pup, changing everything all at once. When they gave the bloodhound puppy to Lord Grimsby, you sent your old shirt with it, so it would have something that smelled of home until it settle in.'
'Well,' he said, "I didn't ... come here, fitz. Come here, boy.'
And puppy-like, I went to him, the only master I had, and he thumped me lightly on the back and rumbled up my hair, very much as if I had been a hound.”
Source: Assassin's Apprentice
“I'd rather identify with a past of infinite growth, than a past which hinders it.”
“I’d rather kill you than let him have you,” Maya whispers, and then she lunges, her elbow circling Harper’s throat, her body pressed to his back. “Either of you.”
“Thanks,” Harper manages to grunt.”
Source: Blackpines: The Antlers Witch: The Black Tree Chaise
“I'd rather know a higher level of truth than continue to live a lie.”
Source: Suffering Ends When Awakening Begins
“I'd rather laugh in a tent than cry in a palace.”
“I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance”
“I'd rather let you cover all my roads with thorns than with dead roses.”
“I’d rather listen to the ramblings of a drunkard than get myself engrossed with the media and its appalling news.”
Source: The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes
“I’d rather listen to what you think of yourself, than what the whole world has to say about you.”
Source: The Bengal Tigress: A Treatise on Gender Equality
“I’d rather live in a world where I get to love the moon than in one where I don’t, even if the moon won’t return the feeling.”
Source: Black Wings Beating
“I'd rather live in love than in fear.”
“I'd rather live life with the consequences of my choice than live with the consequences of fear.”
“I’d rather live on the other side of the world, cold and in constant agony, and at least know that somewhere you still exist, because I know for certain that if you’re with me - you’re as good as gone.”
Source: Empower
“I’d rather lose an argument to the person I love, than win the argument and lose the person.”
Source: Lives to Serve Before I Sleep
“I'd rather lose my wings getting free than be chained by the wing pinions for the rest of my life. - The Malwatch”
“I’d rather love you at the bottom than despise you at the top.”
Source: Never Never: Part Two
“I’d rather make a thousand mistakes trying for a better life, than to die not making any mistakes at all.”
“I'd rather make my crib a house of God and pray directly to God verses, than listening to this hypocritical leaders/priest experiencing too much failure!!!”
“I'd rather marry a man of fifty and be taken care of than marry a man of thirty and take care of him.”
Source: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
“I'd rather meander through a pit of vipers than love one more person, but since I'm on the subject of snakes, we all know one, or are one.”
“I'd rather not kick the door down this time.'”
“I’d rather not know what lies ahead because I like the dark. I like thinking there is something good in the places I can’t see. And that’s not ignorance. That’s just hope.”
Source: The Vestige
“i'd rather not look for a job... to let a fine one find me. And that definitely wouldn't define me as a snob!;)”
Source: A-Z of Happiness: Tips for Living and Breaking Through the Chain that Separates You from Getting That Dream Job
“I’d rather not see their eyes. Eyes can say so much. Theirs say, ‘I want to steal your soul so don’t turn your back on us.”
Source: The Distance Between Us
“I’d rather not watch myself step over the edge, but feel the rush of the fall instead.”
Source: Trusting November
“I’d rather not write my own story, for in doing so I have assumed that I possess a writing ability equal to that of God. And that assumption will result in a story that is certain to have a bad ending.”
“I'd rather put on a lifejacket lined with razor blades and jump into a pool of rubbing alcohol," she said.
"But--"
"I'd rather jab sharpened pencils into my eyes."
"But --"
"Id' rather eat three-day-old road kill."
"I get it," Mason grumbled.. "You're not trading places."
Bran grinned. "What was your first clue?”
Source: Devil and the Deep
“I'd rather say something untrue than tell a lie. In short, I'd rather be honest than clever.”
Source: Utopia
“I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day;
I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.
The eye's a better pupil and more willing than the ear,
Fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear;
And the best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds,
For to see good put in action is what everybody needs.”
“I'd rather see your honest pain than a brave front.”
Source: An Echo in the Darkness
“I'd rather shave my armpits with a chainsaw than _____________ (fill in the blank).”
Source: Brother Broken
“I'd rather sip the waters of Lethe yet they ask”
Source: Lost in a Quatrain
“I'd rather sit amongst illiterate villagers and actually talk about life, than sit amidst a bunch of intellectual morons and pretend to talk about life.”
Source: Martyr Meets World: To Solve The Hard Problem of Inhumanity
“I'd rather sit next to Brian for two hours in a dark theater than have a wall painting party with Jackson Pollock”
Source: I'll Give You the Sun
“I'd rather someone be honest and tell me something that I didn't want to hear, rather than dishonest and tell me something I want to hear.”
Source: Brain Drain - The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life
“I'd rather speak into someone's life than out of their life!" EL”
“I’d rather spend the rest of my life without ever seeing you again,” he says, “than watch them destroy you because of me.”
Source: The Lost Girl
“I’d rather straighten my pubes with a flat iron than go on another blind date.”
Source: Down and Out in Bugtussle: The Mad Fat Road to Happiness
“I'd rather survive it than never feel it.”
Source: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“I'd rather take risks and walk with dignity into my grave than settle for mediocrity and live like a slave”
“I’d rather trust and regret than doubt and regret. - Kirito”
“I'd rather try and fail than quit and not do shit.”
“I'd rather walk the tide line. Scratch my bum and look at the stars, and do it on my own terms.”
Source: The Whispering Skull
“I'd rather waltz than just walk through the forest
The trees keep the tempo and they sway in time
Quartet of crickets chime in for the chorus
If I were to pluck on your heartstrings, would you strum on mine?”
“I'd rather watch you doing it
than do it myself.
I'd rather hear about it.
I want to be told.
I'd rather just sit here.
Hold the mask over my face
while you do it to me.
I'll put some music on.
Now see how we grow aglow
so young and beautiful
our capillaries all lit up.”
Source: The Last Usable Hour
“I'd rather you came out with your filthy, unfitting language for the rest of your life than for you to turn out one of them cowardly people who can't speak their minds but won't hold their peace and instead mumble behind hands and get their fights out in sneakery and in whispers.”
Source: Milkman
“I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but i know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.....
Mockingbirds don't do one thing to but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's garden, don't nest in corncribs,they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.”