You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as a shared relation between two people.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: W H Auden Quotes

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

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.

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...

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.

No hero is immortal till he dies

No hero is immortal till he dies

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 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...

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

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

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is...

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is...

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.

Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.

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...

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...

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....

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out...

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out...

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

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...

To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he...

To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he...