Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAAny knowledge that doesn’t lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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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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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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No one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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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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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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Whether you want it or not, your genes have a political past, your skin a political tone. your eyes a political color. You walk with political steps on political ground.
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