You can go to heaven if you want. I'd rather stay in Bermuda.
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
I didn't want to spend my life behind a desk.
I would rather be a serf in a poor man's house and be above ground than reign among the dead.
No thanks," said Digory, "I don't know that I care much about living on and on after everyone I know is dead. I'd rather live an ordinary time and die and go to Heaven.
To a longer and worse life, a shorter and better is by all means to be preferred.
A pretty girl is better than a plain one. A leg is better than an arm. A bedroom is better than a living room. An arrival is better that a departure. A birth is better than a death. A chase is better than a chat. A dog is better than a landscape. A kitten is better than a dog. A baby is better than a kitten. A kiss is better than a baby. A pratfall is better than anything.
I adore life but I don't fear death. I just prefer to die as late as possible.
People should always have something which they prefer to life.
