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Detective stories have nothing to do with works of art.
W. H. Auden
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W. H. Auden
Age: 66 †
Born: 1907
Born: February 21
Died: 1973
Died: September 28
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One rational voice is dumb: over a grave The household of Impulse mourns one dearly loved. Sad is Eros, builder of cities, And weeping anarchic Aphrodite.
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To have a sense of sin means to feel guilty at there being an ethical choice to make, a guilt which, however good I may become, remains unchanged.
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Nobody is ever sent to Hell: he or she insists on going there.
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Lovers have lived so long with giants and elves, they won't believe again in their own size.
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Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow.
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I said earlier that I do not believe an artist's life throws much light upon his works. I do believe, however, that, more often than most people realize, his works may throw light upon his life. An artist with certain imaginative ideas in his head may then involve himself in relationships which are congenial to them.
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No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted.
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From beginning to end Wilde performed his life and continued to do so even after fame had taken the plot out of his own hands.
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