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Quotation from Self-Pity by D. H. Lawrence
“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself”
Self-Pity, Lines 1–2 (Pansies (Knopf, 1929))
The opening sentence, split across two lines, states the speaker's observation that wild creatures do not indulge self-pity.
Citation: "I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself" — D. H. Lawrence, Self-Pity, Lines 1–2 (Pansies (Knopf, 1929)). (id lawrence-self-pity-q1)
