I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAAll is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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Dying – you can’t do that to a cat.
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I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again.
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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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All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
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Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven’t got even that much, however loveless and boring – this is one of the harshest human miseries.
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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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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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I don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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I’m drowning in papers.
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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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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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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