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.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAI’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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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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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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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 don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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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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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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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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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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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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Animals don’t even try to look any different from what nature intended. They humbly wear their shells, scales, spines, plumes, pelts, and down. The conscious impulse to change one’s appearance is found only among humans.
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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