“I never saw a wild thing (feel) sorry for itself.

A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.”

– D.H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, and playwright
 

“Don’t look,” she said. “Don’t look or he’ll come over here.”

I was sitting at a stop light with a friend. A homeless man was standing on the corner of the street with a tattered cardboard sign that read: Any help will be appreciated.

“Those people annoy the hell out of me,” she said. “Pathetic, that’s what it is.”

“That’s a little harsh,” I said. “Times are tough. Many people are out of work.”

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