In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a unique perspective on the world, a member of a class of one.

Quote by W H Auden

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No hero is immortal till he dies

No hero is immortal till he dies

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 words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

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.

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who...

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who...

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

Art is born of humiliation.

Art is born of humiliation.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

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

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

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people...

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people...

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...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

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....

What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to...

What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to...

We must love one another or die.

We must love one another or die.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

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...

Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.

Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.

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.