What did W. H. Auden mean by: Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate. - W. H. Auden Poet · England Copy
+ Thank God for books as an alternative to conversation. Feraz Zeid, October 31, 2023December 26, 2023, W. H. Auden, Book, Thank God', 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than oneself. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Attention, Pay, Prayer, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don’t know. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Funny, Helping others, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Words are for those with promises to keep. Feraz Zeid, June 10, 2023December 12, 2023, W. H. Auden, Promise, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ The camera may do justice to laughter, but must degrade sorrow. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Justice, Laughter, Sorrow, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Those who hate to go to bed fear death; those who hate to get up fear life. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Bed, Get Up, Hate, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ It’s better to say, ‘I’m suffering,’ than to say, ‘This landscape is ugly. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Criticism, Suffering, Ugly, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Doom is dark and deeper than any sea-dingle. Feraz Zeid, August 28, 2023December 24, 2023, W. H. Auden, Dark, Fate, Sea, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
Love, slow and gradual in its growth, is too much like friendship ever to be a violent passion. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Only when a book is written out of passion is there much hope of its being read with passion. - Jean Fritz
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue. - William Cowper Poet · England
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Me, rule? Me, place the State under my law, when my feeble reason no longer rules even myself! - Jean Racine Playwright · France
When I’m carried away, isn’t it clear that my heart contradicts my mouth? - Jean Racine Playwright · France
By dying I wanted to maintain my honor, and hide a flame so black from the daylight! - Jean Racine Playwright · France
