Pitiful Quotes

126 quotes by 117 authors

He could remember all about it now; the pitiful figure he must have cut; the absurd way in which he had gone and done the… — Elizabeth Gaskell
I open a paperclip and scratch it across the inside of my left wrist. Pitiful. If a suicide attempt is a cry for help, then… — Laurie Halse Anderson
What an unfortunate instrument the guitar is! An instrument of such great nobility, a genuine monarch of music-- reduced to a pitiful lump of wood… — Sergei Lukyanenko
Teenage girls, please donâ€™t worry about being super popular in high school, or being the best actress in high school, or the best athlete. Not… — Mindy Kaling
As destruction goes, the monster said behind him, this is all remarkably pitiful. — Patrick Ness
I had wanted life not to bother me too much, and had succeeded - and how pitiful that was. — Julian Barnes
In my terms, I settled for the realities of life, and submitted to its necessities: if this, then that, and so the years passed. In… — Julian Barnes
Hidan: That was pitiful! What happened there, buddy? Kakuzu: You should talk. I wasn't the one who fell for a shadow clone! Hidan: Ahaha, right.… — Masashi Kishimoto
And even though he felt pitiful and ridiculous, he didn't want it to end, because he knew the absence of her would hurt more than… — John Green
Was there any human urge more pitiful-or more intense- than wanting another chance at something? — Joe Hill
Valancy herself had never quite relinquished a certain pitiful, shamed, little hope that Romance would come her way yetâ€”never, until this wet, horrible morning, when… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
My "heart". Does that pitiful organ still represent anything? It lies motionless in my chest, pumping no blood, serving no purpose, and yet my feelings… — Isaac Marion
The idolatry the exists in a man's heart always wants to lead him away from his Savior and back to self-reliance no matter how pitiful… — Matt Chandler
God help us! it is a foolish little thing, this human life, at the best; and it is half ridiculous and half pitiful to see… — Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey
Pity the man who inherits a million and isn't a millionaire. Here's what would be pitiful, if your income grew and you didn't. — Jim Rohn
What children don't understand, and can't understand until they grow up some, is how much the whole fabric and process of human society depends on… — Ursula K. Le Guin
What a magical thing is the bed, and what a vulnerable, innocent creature is the sleeping human - the human who never looks more truthful… — Michael Leunig
Most disability charity hinges on that notion - that you need to send your money in quick before all these poor, pitiful people die. Peddling… — Stella Young
Pessimists are usually kind. The gay, bubbling over, have to time for the pitiful. — Sean O'Faolain
A severed hand Is an ugly thing and man dissevered from the earth and stars and his history... for contemplation or in fact... Often appears… — Robinson Jeffers

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