Pathetic

Famous quotes containing the word pathetic:

“What a pathetic creature is man! His senses are awakened by the hope for the very thing whose consummation puts him to sleep.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

“The kind of power mothers have is enormous. Take the skyline of Istanbul—enormous breasts, pathetic little willies, a final revenge on Islam. I was so scared I had to crouch in the bottom of the boat when I saw it.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)

“The earth had a single light afar,
A flickering, human pathetic light,
That was maintained against the night,
It seemed to me, by the people there,
With a Godforsaken brute despair.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)