Quotes by Auden, W. H.

Slavery is so intolerable a condition that the slave can hardly escape >>

To the man-in-the-street, who, I'm sorry to say, is a keen observer of >>

My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain. >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

What is the most precious, the most exciting smell awaiting you in the >>

Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books ar >>

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and alway >>

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

Auden, W. H.