She knew nothing about the pitifulness of people who had been ill and nervous and who did not know that they could control their tempers and need not make other people ill and nervous, too.
"The Secret Garden"
Frances Hodgson Burnett
In my experience as a campaign correspondent in several conflicts, I have necessarily seen more or less of gruesome sights, the result of disease and wounds, but I have seen nothing in any way comparable, in horror and pitifulness, to the victims of this abominable system.
"Cuba, Old and New"
Albert Gardner Robinson
The reason why she wept with so delirious a persistency was, that her nature felt the necessity for draining her of her self-pitifulness, knowing that it nourished the love whereby she was tormented.
"The Tragic Comedians, Complete"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009
