Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKATheir faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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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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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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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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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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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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I’m old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.
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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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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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Animals don’t even try to look any different from what nature intended. They humbly wear their shells, scales, spines, plumes, pelts, and down. The conscious impulse to change one’s appearance is found only among humans.
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