# Quote — Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano

> Though tragedy was in the process of becoming unreal and meaningless it seemed one was still permitted to remember the days when an individual life held some value and was not a mere misprint in a communiqué.

- Author: [Malcolm Lowry](https://www.leafyquotes.com/malcolm-lowry.md)
- Book: [Under the Volcano](https://www.leafyquotes.com/malcolm-lowry/under-the-volcano.md)
- Page: 11
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/malcolm-lowry/under-the-volcano/though-tragedy-was

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p. 259 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/malcolm-lowry/under-the-volcano/the-poor-old.md)