“Riley was the exception to the feast of cholesterol. For him it was dry toast, black coffee and lashings of self pity.” — Alan Gibbons Copy Share Image
Self-pity is an ignoble emotion, but we all feel it, and the orthodox critical line that it represents some kind of artistic… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
One recalls how much the creative impulse of the best-sellers depends upon self-pity. It is an emotion of great dramatic potential. — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
“Self-pity is the hens' besetting sin," remarked Mr. Payton. "Foolish fowl. How they came to achieve anything as perfect as the egg… — Elizabeth Enright Copy Share Image
Identity is not inherent. It is shaped by circumstance and sensitivity and resistance to self-pity. — Dorothy West Copy Share Image
Look down to me, you will se a fool. Look up to heaven, you will see God. Look straight to me, you… — Binh Copy Share Image
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Love is temporary life is forever so live it to the fullest instead of wallowing in self pity and cradling a broken… — Kiki Jones Copy Share Image
Misery, in cold truth, is a weight less upon those who undergo it than upon the minds of those who see it;… — Kenneth Roberts Copy Share Image
“There was no word for self-pity in the language of the north-east of Scotland - the nearest being a word which is… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Things might have been different if she hadn't been able to drift; if she'd had to concentrate on her next meal, instead… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
You create a good future by creating a good present. How do you do that? By recognizing the goodness that is already… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
I know very well that to admit to loving Bright Eyes is to admit to having an overgrown brain region devoted to… — Ben Dolnick Copy Share Image
“On the rebound one passes into tears and pathos. Maudlin tears. I almost prefer the moments of agony. These are at least… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
As I obsess about my ancient problems, I feel more like I'm sinking in quicksand than lighting a torch. I'm creating neither… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
“You are different, Bee. It will make some parts of your life very difficult. But if you always fall back on your… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Maybe the first time you saw her you were ten. She was standing in the sun scratching her legs. Or tracing letters… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
Writing itself, if not misunderstood and abused, becomes a way of empowering the writing self. It converts anger and disappointment into deliberate… — Ted Solotaroff Copy Share Image
Growing up in a place that has winter, you learn to avoid self-pity. Winter is not a personal experience, everybody else is… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
“Why do women waste their time trying to convince their insecure family members and girlfriends that they are beautiful? Self esteem is… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
“There came an awful day when I picked up the phone and knew at once, as one does with some old friends… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“But it has been my way—as a woman, but also as a writer—to speak of the kinds of human experience so many… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
Post-wounded women know that postures of pain play into limited and outmoded conceptions of womanhood. Their hurt has a new native language… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
When someone breaks your trust don't feel stupid for trusting them. You didn't do anything wrong they're just an untrustworthy person. — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
Let there be an end ... of all this welter of pity, which is only self-pity reflected onto some obvious surface. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of one's own governing philosophy. — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
“There is absolutely no worse death curse than the humdrum daily existence of the living dead.” — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
I think the great unspoken theme in noir fiction is male self-pity. It pervades noir movies. — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
Self-pity is... a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink. — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
The worse thing you can ever do to yourself is to be ashamed of being you just because of what other people… — Blaze Olermiday Copy Share Image
Self Pity is the most miserable party to go to, because, in case you haven't noticed, you're the only one who is… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Dont worry, most of the shadows of our life are actaully caused by our standing in our own sunshine. So, it is… — Angelina Elaine Copy Share Image
“Not enjoying what is happening right now is living in the past and being only half alive. This leads to self-pity, suffering,… — Miguel Ruiz Copy Share Image
You can't have self-pity. At some point, you have to say, 'These are the cards I've been dealt, and I'm going to… — Bret Michaels Copy Share Image
I don't care what they think of me. Because what they think isn't as bad of what I think of myself. — Francine Chiar Copy Share Image
Self-pity is essentially humorless, devoid of that lightness of touch which gives understanding of life. — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
“Filled with self-pity and calling himself “a man who had given up his life for his country and for Africa,” he” — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
“I’ve never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion. We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn’t… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
