Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Quote by W H Auden

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No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most...

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most...

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,...

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

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...

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

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...

I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river...

I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river...

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.

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

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of...

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of...

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

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

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 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...

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the...

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the...

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....

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...

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their...

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their...

Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for...

Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for...