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

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: W H Auden Quotes

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

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

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

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.

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate...

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate...

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

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

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

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

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

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...

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

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

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

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...

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

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

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

We must love one another or die.

We must love one another or die.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Anxiety is fear of one's self.

Anxiety is fear of one's self.

I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that...

I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that...

Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts...

Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts...