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All we are not stares back at what we are.

All we are not stares back at what we are.
– WH Auden

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  18. Small tyrants, threatened by big,sincerely believethey love liberty. – WH Auden
  19. In short, it became possible – never easy, but possible – in the poet Auden’s phrase to find the mortal world enough. – Stephen Greenblatt
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  22. To make one, there must be two. – WH Auden
  23. The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable. – WH Auden
  24. I would destroy the entire village if doing so meant keeping you safe. – Auden Johnson
  25. What living occasion can,Be just to the absent? – WH Auden
  26. As the ocean tugged me at my feet, i realized that Early Auden, that strangest of boys, had saved me from being swept away. – Clare Vanderpool
  27. To save your world, you asked this man to die:Would this man, could he see you now, asked why? – WH Auden
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  40. Soft as the earth is mankind and both need to be altered. – WH Auden

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