Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.

Quote by W H Auden

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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....

No hero is immortal till he dies

No hero is immortal till he dies

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession

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...

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...

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

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...

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

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

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

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet...

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet...

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

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...

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...

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

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

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

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...

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.

And there was no reason for them to be dancing the Peter Lake could see,...

And there was no reason for them to be dancing the Peter Lake could see,...

I don't remember not dancing. When I realized I was alive and these were my...

I don't remember not dancing. When I realized I was alive and these were my...

When grace is at work protocols are suspended, natural laws are put on hold and...

When grace is at work protocols are suspended, natural laws are put on hold and...

Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.

Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.