Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKANo one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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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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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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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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I’m working on the world, revised, improved edition, featuring fun for fools blues for brooders, combs for bald pates, tricks for old dogs.
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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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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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Memory at last has what I sought.
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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Dying – you can’t do that to a cat.
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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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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