Pity Quotes

1088 Pity quotes by 756 unique authors

...trade the life of self pity, that I was living, for a life of purpose! - Rebekah - — Nick Vujicic
The woman turned and went slowly into the house. As she passed the doors she turned and looked back. Grave and thoughtful was her glance,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
But I know I would not go out. I had taken this time to fall in love instead — in love with the sort of… — Alice Sebold
I love pity parties. I wish I'd brought hats" - Christian — Richelle Mead
They fought the enemy, we fight fat living and self-pity. Shine, o shine, unfalsifying sun, on this sick scene. — Marianne Moore
You can’t buy time, Nick. Ever. It’s the only thing in life you can’t get most of, and it’s the one thing that will mercilessly… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I pause a second. He doesn't look at me the way Will, Christina, and Al sometimes do - like I am too small and too… — Veronica Roth
It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there… — Louisa May Alcott
I love you, Dominique. As selfishly as the fact that I exist. As selfishly as my lungs breathe air. I breathe for my own necessity,… — Ayn Rand
Never try to understand the students. They hate it. They would much rather be tragically misunderstood, wallow in self-pity, stew in their own —” “That’s… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
These are dark radiances. They have no suspicion that they are to be pitied. Certainly they are so. He who does not weep does not… — Victor Hugo
Part of life is a quest to find that one essential person who will understand our story. But we choose wrongly so often. Over the… — Jonathan Carroll
Pity would be no more, If we did not make somebody poor. Mercy no more could be, If all were happy as we. — William Blake
In an ideal world, we would have been orphans. We felt like orphans and we felt deserving of the pity that orphans get, but embarrassingly… — Miranda July
There is bad in all good authors: what a pity the converse isn't true! — Philip Larkin
Luck is a goddess not to be coerced and forcibly wooed by those who seek her favours. From such masterful spirits she turns away. But… — P.G. Wodehouse
But mostly, I remembered what I’ve always believed. What my mom taught me. That while some things are just plain awful, most things in life… — Katherine Applegate
Time to stop crying, time to get her act together and do something. Time to move beyond the pity party. — Lisa McMann
Is there no pity sitting in the clouds That sees into the bottom of my grief? O sweet my mother, cast me not away! Delay… — William Shakespeare
Still shaking, in the pew, I understood that it isn't the dead we cry for. We cry for ourselves, and I didn't deserve my own… — Chris Cleave
When he was young, he had thought love had something to do with understanding, but with age he knew that no human being understood another.… — Graham Greene
Are you sure self-pity is a luxury you can afford, Jack? — Stephen King
I looked at the stars, and considered how awful it would be for a man to turn his face up to them as he froze… — Charles Dickens
Sure you can manage that broom, Potter?" said a cold, drawling voice. Draco Malfoy had arrived for a closer look, Crabbe and Goyle right behind… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Pity goes hand in hand with contempt. Don't ever forget that, Liberty. You can't take handouts or help from anyone, because that gives people the… — Lisa Kleypas

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