In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAMy choices are rejections, since there is no other way, but what I reject is more numerous, denser, more demanding than before. A little poem, a sigh, at the cost of indescribable losses.
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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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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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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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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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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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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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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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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Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune’s darlings.
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