I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAI cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune’s darlings.
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No day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses.
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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I’m drowning in papers.
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Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work!
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I don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible.
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We’re extremely fortunate not to know precisely the kind of world we live in. One would have to live a long, long time, unquestionably longer than the world itself.
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When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it.
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
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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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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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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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