Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAI’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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Any knowledge that doesn’t lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.
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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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Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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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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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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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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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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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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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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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 am a tarsier and a tarsier’s son, the grandson and great-grandson of tarsiers, a tiny creature, made up of two pupils and whatever simply could not be left out.
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