W. H. Auden Quotes
Most people call something profound, not because it is near some important truth but because it is distant from ordinary life. Thus, darkness is profound to the eye, silence to the ear; what-is-not is the profundity of what-is.
W. H. Auden
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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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Jessamyn West
"Then we are living in a place abandoned by God," I said, disheartened. "Have you found any places where God would have felt at home?" William asked me, looking down from his great height.
Umberto Eco
However firmly thou holdest to thy opinions, if truth appears on the opposite side, throw down thy arms at once.
John Lancaster Spalding
One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don't choose your passions; your passions choose you.
Jeff Bezos
Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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Most people call something profound, not because it is near some important truth but because it is distant from ordinary life. Thus, darkness is profound to the eye, silence to the ear; what-is-not is the profundity of what-is.
W. H. Auden
