Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has…

Quote by W H Auden

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

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

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

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

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

Men will pay large sums to whores for telling them they are not bores.

Men will pay large sums to whores for telling them they are not bores.

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

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 takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

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...

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho...

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho...

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

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

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....

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

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

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...

All that we are not stares back at what we are.

All that we are not stares back at what we are.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

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,...

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

Talent works, genius creates.

Talent works, genius creates.

Genius is of no country; her pure ray / Spreads all abroad, as general as...

Genius is of no country; her pure ray / Spreads all abroad, as general as...