All wishes, whatever their apparent content, have the same and unvarying meaning: "I refuse to be what I am."


"Interlude: West's Disease", p. 241 - The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays (1962)

W. H. Auden Quotes

All wishes, whatever their apparent content, have the same and unvarying meaning: I refuse to be what I am.

All wishes, whatever their apparent content, have the same and unvarying meaning: I refuse to be what I am.

All wishes, whatever their apparent content, have the same and unvarying meaning: I refuse to be what I am.

All wishes, whatever their apparent content, have the same and unvarying meaning: I refuse to be what I am.