I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAWhatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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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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Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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I slide my arm from under the sleeper’s head and it is numb, full of swarming pins, on the tip of each, waiting to be counted, the fallen angels sit.
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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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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I’m drowning in papers.
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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