Don't You Dare Pity Me!/Quotes

"And by the way, just for future reference, don't you ever not care for someone just because you're afraid they might get hurt in the process. Especially not me. You got that?"

—Mara Jade Skywalker, Star Wars: Vision of the Future

"Go away!! I don't need pity from the enemy...!!"

—Private Tamama, Encounter 107: The True Prophecy Of The Apocalypse

"Why won't she say she needs me?

"I know she's not as strong as she seems..."

—Rick Astley, Cry for help

"This body only hinders me. It doesn't curse me. I don't need pity."

—Alphonse Elric, Fullmetal Alchemist

I can take the looks and laughs and people who make remarks behind my back...even if my hearing is better than most. But I can't stand when people feel sorry for me.

—Beast Boy, Teen Titans

Do I need a reason to help someone? Or is my help...not good enough for you?

—Zidane, to Kuja, Dissidia Final Fantasy

"I think it's rather an impertinence to pity people," said the Dean.

"Hear, hear!" said Harriet. "Nobody likes being pitied. Most of us enjoy self-pity, but that's another thing."

—Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

"I thought: "Are you making fun of me!?" (laughs) When we had the hint block appearing from the beginning, I just felt like: "I don't need this!"

—Shigeru Miyamoto on developing the Super Guide system to be used in first- and second-party Nintendo games.

Saeko: I didn't think the inheritor of my genes would be so foolish, Natsuki. Can a guy that gave you the cold shoulder really be so important? Tate, whom you like so much, he has probably already kissed Miss Tokiha, right? Are you happy to be rescued by that kind of man who does so out of pity...?
Yuuichi: It is nothing like .... pity. There's no doubt that I did kiss Tokiha. However-
Natsuki: (thinks) Don...don't tell me it's going to be... (thinks of Yuuichi saying "The one I truly love is Kuga!")
Yuuichi: Do you have any objections about me helping out Kuga!!!

Natsuki: (punches Yuuichi)I do!!! That IS called "pity"! Can't you come up with something more refined than that!!

—My-HiME manga.

The pity—ah, that was the hardest part. For a race of ambitious folk whose lives were validated by a masterful command of the scientific laws of the universe, to be pitied was unbearable. To be pitied was to be insulted. Gelbin chafed under the sympathy, and he knew that his people did too: as a leader, he had learned that it was wise to spare some thought for his own emotions since they often reflected what the rest of the gnomes felt, to some degree.

—World of Warcraft, Gelbin Mekkatorque's short story, "Cut Short"

"You pity me...hmm...you pity me [...] I hope you die...I HOPE YOU FUCKIN' DIE!"

—Jack Nicholson, The Crossing Guard

Hanako:"I know I need help! I know I'm broken! I don't need you to tell me that!"
Hisao: "I never said you were broken, or anything like that!"

Hanako: "It's written on your face, it's written on Lilly's face, it's written on everybody's faces! I see a therapist every week, Lilly dotes on me as if I were her child, and now... even you! Nothing's changed, nothing at all! I hate Lilly and I... I hate you, more than anyone...!"

—Hanako's bad ending, Katawa Shoujo

Shepard: (romance path) We've come far enough to get a little deeper, to talk about your problems. That's how it works.

Jacob: How little do you get me if that's what you think will make everything better? Even if you were right, how small would my problems be if you could "fix" them with high-school psych and a crying jag?

—Mass Effect 2