"Only against death does man cry out in…" — Malcolm Lowry

"Only against death does man cry out in vain."

— Malcolm Lowry

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21 Quotes by Malcolm Lowry

Malcolm Lowry has 21 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the…
In the war to come correspondents would assume unheard of importance, plunging through flame to feed the public its little…
No, my secrets are of the grave and must be kept. And this is how I sometimes think of myself,…
God, how pointless and empty the world is! Days filled with cheap and tarnished moments succeed each other, restless and…
Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
How shall the murdered man convince his assassin he will not haunt him.
Never think that by releasing me you will be free. You would only condemn us to an ultimate hell on…
The movements of some more little red birds in the garden, like animated rosebuds, appeared unbearably jittery and thievish. It…
How alike are the groans of love to those of the dying.
What I have absolutely no sympathy with is the legislator, the man who seeks, for his own profit, to exploit…
I like prefaces. I read them. Sometimes I do not read any further.
Perhaps his tragedy is that he is the only normal writer left on earth -- and it is this that…

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More Cry Quotes

This quote is filed under Cry Quotes, one of 5,685 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great. — Lance Armstrong
Crying wolf is a real danger. — David Attenborough
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or… — Abigail Adams
People can cry much easier than they can change. — James A. Baldwin
I cry a lot, you know. Which is very difficult for a man to recognise, but I do. I cry… — Antonio Banderas
It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought… — Douglas Adams
I want to feel passion, I want to feel pain. I want to weep at the sound of your name.… — Joey Lauren Adams
The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated. — Charles Baudelaire
I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry. — Pierre Beaumarchais
Crying is really bad for your vocal cords. — Adele
It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying. — Ingrid Bergman
Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if… — Ambrose Bierce

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