A W.H. Auden Day Book

Tragedy challenges us to generalize authentically.

If I were to publish a book with literary inspiration for each day of the year, I would have the same line for every day, taken from W.H. Auden's "September 1, 1939."

I would hold this line because each day, "a plank in reason breaks," compassion confronts suffering, and true dichotomy dictates:

We must love one another or die.