Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: Love Quotes

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.

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...

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...

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...

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them....

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them....

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

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...

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.

The word 'Intellectual' suggests straight away - A man who's untrue to his wife

The word 'Intellectual' suggests straight away - A man who's untrue to his wife

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them....

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them....

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

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 poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences...

Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences...

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...

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.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

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...

Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing...

Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing...

The kid next door just challenged me to a water fight! So I thought I'd...

The kid next door just challenged me to a water fight! So I thought I'd...