A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.

Quote by W H Auden

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Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual...

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual...

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

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...

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...

We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.

We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.

A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.

A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among...

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among...

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man...

A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man...

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...

The belief that politics can be scientific must inevitably produce tyrannies. Politics cannot be a...

The belief that politics can be scientific must inevitably produce tyrannies. Politics cannot be a...

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have...

The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have...

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...

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

All that we are not stares back at what we are.

All that we are not stares back at what we are.