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

Quote by W H Auden

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No hero is immortal till he dies

No hero is immortal till he dies

Art is born of humiliation.

Art is born of humiliation.

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...

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

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...

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....

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has...

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has...

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons...

If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons...

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

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

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...

The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order...

The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order...

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...

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the...

Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the...

What garlic is to food, insanity is to art.

What garlic is to food, insanity is to art.

If you don't like Louis Armstrong, you don't know how to love.

If you don't like Louis Armstrong, you don't know how to love.