Quotes by Auden, W. H.

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a dr >>

Healing, Papa would tell me, is not a science, but the intuitive art o >>

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the >>

Quotations about Men

A man is in love when something in his head, something in his and ches >>

Men are the enemies of women. Promising sublime intimacy, unequalled p >>

I love the male body, it's better designed than the male mind. >>

The masculine imagination lives in a state of perpetual revolt against the limitations of human life. In theological terms, one might say that all men, left to themselves, become gnostics. They may swagger like peacocks, but in their heart of hearts they all think sex an indignity and wish they could beget themselves on themselves. Hence the aggressive hostility toward women so manifest in most club-car stories.

Auden, W. H.