Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973), who published as W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet,
Music is the best means we have of digesting time. Use this quote
The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living. Use this quote
Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic. Use this quote
Learn from your dreams what you lack. Use this quote
Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another. Use this quote
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest. Use this quote
May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that "faith" is even more difficult for Him than it is for us? Use this quote
No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. Use this quote
Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say. Use this quote
History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology. Use this quote
