W. H. Auden Quote

Most people call something profound, not because it is near some important truth but because it is distant from ordinary life. Thus, darkness is profound to the eye, silence to the ear; what-is-not is the profundity of what-is.


"Un Homme d'Esprit", p. 361 - Forewords and Afterwords (1973)


Most people call something profound, not because it is near some important truth but because it is distant from ordinary life. Thus, darkness is...

Most people call something profound, not because it is near some important truth but because it is distant from ordinary life. Thus, darkness is...

Most people call something profound, not because it is near some important truth but because it is distant from ordinary life. Thus, darkness is...

Most people call something profound, not because it is near some important truth but because it is distant from ordinary life. Thus, darkness is...