Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAI am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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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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Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.
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When it comes, you’ll be dreaming that you don’t need to breathe; that breathless silence is the music of the dark and it’s part of the rhythm to vanish like a spark.
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I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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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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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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Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
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No one feels good at four in the morning. If ants feel good at four in the morning —three cheers for the ants.
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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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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn’t possible to save mankind.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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