It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.
– Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 8. Lord Henry is speaking to Dorian about Sibyl’s suicide and why this tragedy doesn’t affect Dorian as it should. Henry has no time for sentiment or emotion, as evident in his cold dismissal of Sibyl’s death as "inartistic" with its "crude violence" and "lack of style."