They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKACarry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Something doesn’t start at its usual time. Something doesn’t happen as it should. Someone was always, always here, then suddenly disappeared and stubbornly stays disappeared.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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I’d have to be really quick to describe clouds – a split second’s enough for them to start being something else.
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It’s a well-known fact: in order to follow doctor’s orders, you have to be healthy as a horse.
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Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.
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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
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Animals don’t even try to look any different from what nature intended. They humbly wear their shells, scales, spines, plumes, pelts, and down. The conscious impulse to change one’s appearance is found only among humans.
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Let the people who never find true love keep saying that there’s no such thing. Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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