Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“And if once a girl’s heart is moved to pity, it’s more dangerous than anything. She is bound to want to ‘save him,’ to…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Love. It has always seemed to me that love is a combination of lust and pity. (...) I've got to have some feelings of…

— Seth

“She didn't want pity. Just to love a man and have a man love her. This was nothing to apologize for or feel weak…

— Robin Schwarz

“A sigh or tear perhaps she'll give, But love on pity cannot live: Tell her that hearts for hearts were made, And love with…

— John Dryden

“One thing I found out then was that pity is a form of love and, actually, its highest expression. A Tale of Two Sisters”

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

“She preferred to be at the receiving end of envy than pity.”

— Julian Fellowes

“She doesn't want his sympathy. She hates pity.”

— Julianna Baggott

“Pity can be a powerful tool. Anytime you can make someone else feel something, you’ve got power over them.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“Pity is such a shabby thing. I can torment myself with wanting to feel pity, and yet I don't succeed.”

— Victor Klemperer

“Pity. What a useless emotion when you don't act on it. Pity is supposed to trigger compassion.”

— Lish McBride

“All she felt was pity, and pity was death to desire”

— George R.R. Martin

“Never have I felt so separate from her. And I regret to say that there were moments when my deep and loving pity for…

— Dodie Smith