Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKADying – you can’t do that to a cat.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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I don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible.
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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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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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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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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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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