I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAMemory at last has what I sought.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven’t got even that much, however loveless and boring – this is one of the harshest human miseries.
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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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Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work!
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.
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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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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
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I’m drowning in papers.
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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune’s darlings.
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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
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