Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.


The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Prose. 1939-1948 (ed. Princeton University Press, 2002) - ISBN: 9780691089355

W. H. Auden Quotes

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or ...

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or ...

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or ...

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or ...