"Interlude: West's Disease", p. 243
The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays (1962)
“I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.”
“That most risky and volatile of all things—a self-pitying majority.”
"Appointment in Sarajevo" (1992).
1990s, For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports (1993)
“Self-pity, he said, is the most demoralizing of all vices.”
Source: Friday (1982), Chapter 24 (p. 244)
“Do not indulge yourself in a self-pitying, self-gratifying revenge.”
ibid
The Rahotep series, Book 3: Egypt: The Book of Chaos (2011)
Context: Death makes us strangers to ourselves... Do not indulge yourself in a self-pitying, self-gratifying revenge. More than likely you would simply end up dead as well.
“The antidote for self-pity and negative thinking is gratitude.”
Future Proofing You (2021)
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (2000)
“Are you sure self-pity is a luxury you can afford, Jack?”
Source: The Shining
“You can only grieve so much; after that it’s self pity.”
Source: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 18, “Pioneer Party” (p. 188)
““You needed a bath,“ Jean interrupted. “You were covered in self-pity.“”
Reminiscence “The Capa of Vel Virazzo” section 5 (p. 63)
Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007)
