A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us. - W. H. Auden

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A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

W. H. Auden

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About W. H. Auden

Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was an Anglo-American poet known for his vast poetic work in many forms on many themes.

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Native Name: Wystan Hugh Auden

Alternative Names: Wystan Auden • Wystan H Auden • W. H. Wystan Hugh Auden

A real book reads us.

Originators like W. H. Auden:

If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.

Language is the mother, not the handmaiden, of thought; words will tell you things you never thought or felt before.

I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street