What the poet says has never been said before, but, once he has said it, his readers recognize its validity for themselves.
W. H. AudenYou 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.
W. H. AudenOf all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.
W. H. AudenBeauty, midnight, vision dies: Let the winds of dawn that blow Softly round your dreaming head Such a day of welcome show Eye and knocking heart may bless, Find our mortal world enough; Noons of dryness find you fed By the involuntary powers, Nights of insult let you pass Watched by every human love.
W. H. Auden