More quotes by W.H. Auden

"I will love you forever"swears the poet. I find this easy to swear too. "I will love you at 4:15 pm next Tuesday"- Is that still as easy?"
"You shall love your crooked neighbour, with your crooked heart."
"The true men of action in our time those who transform the world are not the politicians and statesmen but the scientists. Unfortunately poetry cannot celebrate them because their deeds are concerned with things, not persons, and are therefore speechless. When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes."
"There are good books which are only for adults.There are no good books which are only for children."
"If equal affection cannot be,Let the more loving one be me."