I let myself feel good and sorry for myself, but only for a second. Daddy always said that the most useless of all human emotions was self-pity. (Gabrielle Zevin)

I let myself feel good and sorry for myself, but only for a second. Daddy always said that the most useless of all human emotions was self-pity.

Gabrielle Zevin

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