"I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican."

-- Stevie Smith

#Thinking Quotes #Auden Quotes

“Our love, our love will last forever. It's forever but it just doesn't work. That's why it will always be romantic because it can not be complete.”
“Materialism and spirituality are two pretty racquets with which charlatans in cap and gown make the same ball fly.”
“But forgiveness must not only be given but received also.”
“Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals”
“Awards are only a publicity gimmick.”
“I feel myself shriveling along with my world, getting smaller and harder. I'm turning into a rock, and in some ways that's good, because rocks last forever. But if this is how I'm going to last forever, then I don't want to.”

Source : Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.197, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“When I saw the embryo, I suddenly realized there was such a small difference between it and my daughters. I thought, we can't keep destroying embryos for our research. There must be another way.”

Source : "Risk Taking Is in His Genes". Interview with Martin Fackler, www.nytimes.com. December 11, 2007.
“Freedom from mental distraction equals power. Body mind masters eventually come to the realization that this and every moment, on or off the field, is the moment of truth.”

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