There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAPoorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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I am a tarsier and a tarsier’s son, the grandson and great-grandson of tarsiers, a tiny creature, made up of two pupils and whatever simply could not be left out.
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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Memory at last has what I sought.
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Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.
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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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They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway.
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Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
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I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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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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