A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

Quote by W H Auden

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Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence,...

Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence,...

Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his...

Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his...

Art is born of humiliation.

Art is born of humiliation.

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate...

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate...

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own...

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called...

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called...

God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.

God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money,...

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money,...

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to...

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to...

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people...

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people...

No hero is mortal till he dies.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

No hero is immortal till he dies

No hero is immortal till he dies

The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order...

The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order...

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is...

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is...

You owe it to us all to get on with what you're good at.

You owe it to us all to get on with what you're good at.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.