W. H. Auden Quotes

Desire, even in its wildest tantrums, can neither persuade me it is love nor stop me from wishing it were.

W. H. Auden

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• Desire, even in its wildest tantrums, can neither persuade me it is love nor stop me from wishing it were.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Stop
  • Desire
  • Wish