Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
William CowperMost writers tend to get worse rather than better. I'm determined to be one that gets better.
Edmund WhiteTo feel loved again feels good, but to know they don't love you make things worse.
Ishmael Emmanuel BalfourLife—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse
Joseph Brodsky