W.H. Auden

"Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow."

- W.H. Auden

"In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag."

- W.H. Auden

"Between friends, differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality."

- W.H. Auden

"Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith."

- W.H. Auden

"The only way to spend New Year’s Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise, it’s not worth the trouble."

- W.H. Auden