“We must love one another or die.”

— W. H. Auden, "September 1, 1939"

About W. H. Auden

1907 – 1973

Anglo-American poet, author of "September 1, 1939".

“O let not Time deceive you, you cannot conquer Time.”

“The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling that the meaning of an experience is not self-evident.”

“Money is the necessity that frees us from necessity.”

“Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.”

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love.”

“And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”

“Let there be spaces in your togetherness.”