They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAI don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible.
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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God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.
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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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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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No one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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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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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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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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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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Dying – you can’t do that to a cat.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
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