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I have never, I think, wanted to 'belong' to a group whose interests were not mine, nor have I resented exclusion. Why should thet accept me? All I have ever asked is that others should go their way and let me go mine.
I have never, I think, wanted to 'belong' to a group whose interests were not mine, nor have I resented exclusion. Why should thet accept me? All I have ever asked is that others should go their way and let me go mine.
Approximate author period: c. 1920 AD · modern
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- W.H. Auden
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- Approximate author period: c. 1920 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for W. H. Auden: documented activity in 1920. Wikidata Q178698, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178698 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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