In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAIn every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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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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Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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Memory at last has what I sought.
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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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I’m old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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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 prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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