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W.H. Auden

“But if a stranger in the train asks me my occupation, I never answer "writer" for fear that he may go on to ask me what I write, and to answer "poetry" would embarrass us both, for we both know that nobody can earn a living simply by writing poetry.”

W.H. Auden, The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays
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The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays by W.H. Auden
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