A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten. Some of us are gourmets, some gourmands, and a good many take their images precooked out of a can and swallow them down whole, absent-mindedly and with little relish. – W.H. Auden
“Healing,” Papa would tell me, “is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.” – W.H. Auden
Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable. – W.H. Auden
I think theres a lot projected on beautiful women, period. At least, maybe this is just my fear, but I do sometimes feel dismissed before Ive even been allowed to participate. I have moments of feeling really wounded. But I am pretty optimistic, and I do enjoy a lot of my life. – Shalom Harlow