457 Quotes by W. H. Auden

Slavery is so intolerable a condition that the slave can hardly escape deluding himself into thinking that he is choosing to obey his master's commands when, in fact, he is obliged to. Most slaves of habit suffer from this delusion and so do some writers, enslaved by an all too personal style.

Dance till the stars come down from the rafters Dance, Dance, Dance 'till you drop.

There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.

One cannot review a bad book without showing off.

The parlour cars and Pullmans are packed also with scented assassins, salad-eaters who murder on milk.

The stars are dead. The animals will not look: We are left alone with our day, and the time is short, and History to the defeated May say Alas but cannot help nor pardon.

Fate succumbs many a species: one alone jeopardises itself.

Now is the age of anxiety.

August for the people and their favourite islands. Daily the steamers sidle up to meet The effusive welcome of the pier.