Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Quote by W H Auden

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

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

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

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

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....

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of...

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of...

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.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

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.

To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he...

To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he...

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.

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate...

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate...

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...

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...

When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a...

When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a...

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

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

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

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...

What people don't realize is that intimacy has its conventions as well as ordinary social...

What people don't realize is that intimacy has its conventions as well as ordinary social...

There is another reason journalists like to drink and eat together: they simply cannot think...

There is another reason journalists like to drink and eat together: they simply cannot think...

He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this...

He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this...