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W. H. Auden quotes about love

English Poet February 21, 1907 – September 29, 1973

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Beloved, we are always in the wrong, Handling so clumsily our stupid lives, Suffering too little or too long, Too careful even in our selfish loves: The decorative manias we obey. Die in grimaces round us every day, Yet through their tohu-bohu comes a voice. Which utters an absurd command - Rejoice. W. H. Auden
Laziness acknowledges the relation of the present to the past but ignores its relation to the future; impatience acknowledge its relation to the future but ignores its relation to the past; neither the lazy nor the impatient man, that is, accepts the present instant in its full reality and so cannot love his neighbour completely. W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "Lay your sleeping head, my love, Human on my faithless arm;"
Lay your sleeping head, my love, Human on my faithless arm; W. H. Auden
The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order that I may love myself is very different from the image which I try to create in the minds of others in order that they may love me. W. H. Auden
How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me. W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately..."
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. W. H. Auden
Slowly we are learning, We at least know this much, That we have to unlearn. Much that we were taught, And are growing chary. Of emphatic dogmas; Love like Matter is much. Odder than we thought. W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "O stand, stand at the window As the tears scald and..."
O stand, stand at the window As the tears scald and start;You shall love your crooked neighbour With your crooked heart. W. H. Auden
I will love you forever" swears the poet. I find this easy to swear too. "I will love you at 4:15 pm next Tuesday" - Is that still as easy? W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "You shall love your crooked neighbor with all your crooked heart"
You shall love your crooked neighbor with all your crooked heart W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "You shall love your crooked neighbour, with your crooked heart."
You shall love your crooked neighbour, with your crooked heart. W. H. Auden
I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the street. W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "Desire, even in its wildest tantrums, can neither persuade me..."
Desire, even in its wildest tantrums, can neither persuade me it is love nor stop me from wishing it were. W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "Thousands have lived without love, not one without water."
Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "Small tyrants, threatened by big, sincerely believethey love..."
Small tyrants, threatened by big, sincerely believethey love liberty. W. H. Auden

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