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

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: Affection Quotes

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...

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...

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...

No hero is mortal till he dies.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

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

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

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...

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...

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

We must love one another or die.

We must love one another or die.

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

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...

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

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

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.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

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.

Each day I count wasted in which there has been no dancing.

Each day I count wasted in which there has been no dancing.

I can not remember even thinking that I was deaf when I was dancing.

I can not remember even thinking that I was deaf when I was dancing.

Grace is available for each of us every day - our spiritual daily bread -...

Grace is available for each of us every day - our spiritual daily bread -...

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.