When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a bachelor's baby suffocating under them; / Somebody called him George and that was the end of it: / They hitched him up to the Army.

Quote by W H Auden

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Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

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...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

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

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

Even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot...

Even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot...

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

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 false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

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...

The word 'Intellectual' suggests straight away - A man who's untrue to his wife

The word 'Intellectual' suggests straight away - A man who's untrue to his wife

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

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

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

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

Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so...

Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so...

We must love one another or die.

We must love one another or die.

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

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

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Art is born of humiliation.

Art is born of humiliation.

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....

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

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