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

Quote by W H Auden

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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 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.

He was my North, my South, my East and West.

He was my North, my South, my East and West.

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.

One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.

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

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

Let us honor if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the...

Let us honor if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the...

We must love one another or die.

We must love one another or die.

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

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

Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.

Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.

If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

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...

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

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...

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

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

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...

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.