Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Quote by W H Auden

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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...

No hero is immortal till he dies

No hero is immortal till he dies

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

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

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

The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have...

The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have...

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among...

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among...

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...

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...

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

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

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....

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people....

What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people....

Work for a cause, not for applause... Live life to express, not to impress.

Work for a cause, not for applause... Live life to express, not to impress.