“Are you sure self-pity is a luxury you can afford, Jack?”
Stephen King book The Shining
Source: The Shining
““You needed a bath,“ Jean interrupted. “You were covered in self-pity.“”
— Scott Lynch, book Red Seas Under Red Skies
Reminiscence “The Capa of Vel Virazzo” section 5 (p. 63)
Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007)
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