D. H. Lawrence Quotes about Tragedy

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Good God, what does it matter? If life is a tragedy, or a farce, or a disaster, or anything else, what do I care! Let life be what it likes. Give me a drink, that's what I want just now.

Good God, what does it matter? If life is a tragedy, or a farce, or a disaster, or anything else, what do I care! Let life be what it likes. Give me a drink, that's what I want just now.

D. H. Lawrence

Giving, Tragedy, Farce

D. H. Lawrence, Ezra Greenspan, Lindeth Vasey (2003). “Studies in Classic American Literature”, p.134, Cambridge University Press

Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.

D. H. Lawrence

Strong, Tragedy, Gold

D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2002). “The Letters of D. H. Lawrence”, p.248, Cambridge University Press

Tragedy ought really to be a great kick at misery.

D. H. Lawrence

Tragedy, Misery, Kicks

Letter to A. W. McLeod, 6 October 1912, in H. T. Moore (ed.) 'Collected Letters of D. H. Lawrence' (1962) vol. 1

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.

D. H. Lawrence

Birthday, Tragedy, Aging

Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) ch. 1

The weakness of modern tragedy[is that] transgression against the social code is made to bring destruction, as though the social code worked our irrevocable fate.

D. H. Lawrence

Fate, Tragedy, Weakness

D. H. Lawrence, Bruce Steele (1985). “Study of Thomas Hardy and Other Essays”, p.30, Cambridge University Press