The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAEven a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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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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They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway.
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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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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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
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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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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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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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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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