At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn’t possible to save mankind.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAIs a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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We’re extremely fortunate not to know precisely the kind of world we live in. One would have to live a long, long time, unquestionably longer than the world itself.
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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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’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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No one feels good at four in the morning. If ants feel good at four in the morning —three cheers for the ants.
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I’m drowning in papers.
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