Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so contemptible as the public that buys their books.

Quote by W H Auden

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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.

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

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

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...

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 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.

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...

No hero is immortal till he dies

No hero is immortal till he dies

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...

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to...

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to...

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...

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

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...

My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.

My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.

We must love one another or die.

We must love one another or die.

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...

Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence,...

Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence,...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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