Quotes From "A Certain World: A Commonplace Book" By W.h. Auden

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As readers, we remain in the nursery stage so long as we cannot distinguish between taste and judgment, so long, that is, as the only possible verdicts we can pass on a book are two: this I like; this I don't like. For an adult reader, the possible verdicts are five: I can see this is good and I like it; I can see this is good but I don't like it; I can see this is good and, though at present I don't like it, I believe that with perseverance I shall come to like it; I can see that this is trash but I like it; I can see that this is trash and I don't like it. W.h. Auden
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The slogan of Hell: Eat or be eaten. The slogan of Heaven: Eat and be eaten. W.h. Auden