All I have is a voice to undo the folded lie, the romantic lie in the brain of the sensual man-in-the-street and the lie of Authority whose buildings grope the sky: There is no such thing as the State and no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice to the citizen or the police; We must love one another or die.
W. H. AudenWho on earth invented the silly convention that it is boring or impolite to talk shop? Nothing is more interesting to listen to, especially if the shop is not one's own.
W. H. AudenHistory is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.
W. H. AudenI don't think the mystical experience can be verbalized. When the ego disappears, so does power over language.
W. H. Auden