Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA
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.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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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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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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Something doesn’t start at its usual time. Something doesn’t happen as it should. Someone was always, always here, then suddenly disappeared and stubbornly stays disappeared.
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I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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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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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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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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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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