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W. H. Auden Quotes

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.
W. H. Auden

Biography

Author Profession: Poet
Nationality: English
Born: February 21, 1907
Died: September 29, 1973

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A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.
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Learn from your dreams what you lack.
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Now is the age of anxiety.
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