Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Quote by W H Auden

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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...

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...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

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

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

Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so...

Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so...

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

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

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.

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out...

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out...

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...

It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more...

It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more...

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...

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

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

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

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

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

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 times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

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...

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of...

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of...

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.