The best Quotes from Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger (1956) is a realist play written by John Osborne. It focuses on the life and marital struggles of an intelligent and educated but disaffected young man of working-class origin, Jimmy Porter, and his equally competent yet impassive upper-middle-class wife Alison.

I suppose people of our generation aren't able to die for good causes any longer. We had all that done for us, in the thirties and the forties, when we were still kids. There aren't any good, brave causes left.

John Osborne

Progress Generations

Alison: "I don't think I want anything more to do with love. Any more. I can't take it on."
Cliff: "You're too young to start giving up. Too young, and too lovely."

John Osborne

Love Breakup Giving Up

You're hurt because everything is changed. Jimmy is hurt because everything is the same. And neither of you can face it. Something's gone wrong somewhere, hasn't it?

John Osborne