English - Poet | February 21, 1907 - September 29, 1973
One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.
W. H. Auden
WalkHellFeelThroughCannot
No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games.
InnocentGamesClassHumanBeing
My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.
RainFaceLooksOutLeftLike
The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.
MindFindCenterCannotUnconscious
It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.
MyselfAmericaDoingBackI CanSee
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.
PeopleThinkAmericaYouSecrets
I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
ActingLooksBecauseGetJobs
A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.
BookRealUsReadReads
Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.
ProudFameHimWriterVainSeldom
Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.
GoodEvilImagineCannot
Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.
TravelArtistPossibleDifficult
No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted.
BelieveWishWishesAlivePoetBeen
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