“Self pity is a disease which does not kill but corrodes.”
“Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.”
“I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.”
“Donald Lydecker: Alcoholism is not a disease, it's a failing. You've turned it into a church. You worship the altar of self-pity. I come to these rooms for one reason, to remember what I don't want to become... helpless, impotent, and weak.”
“If there is one thing worse than self-pity, it was other people's pity.”
“I wasn’t lonely. I experienced no self-pity. I was just caught up in a life in which I could find no meaning.”