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Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

W. H. Auden
Love, Relationship, Running
Dyer's Hand (1963) "Hic et Ille"

Even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot Where the dogs go on with their doggy life

W. H. Auden
Running, Dog, Goes On
"Musee des Beaux Arts" l. 10 (1940)

Over the tea-cups and in the square the tongue has its desire; Still waters run deep, my dear, there's never smoke without fire.

W. H. Auden
Running, Fire, Squares

Alone, alone, about the dreadful wood / Of conscious evil runs a lost mankind, / Dreading to find its Father.

W. H. Auden
Running, Father, Loneliness
W. H. Auden (2013). “For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio”, p.7, Princeton University Press

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