And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska 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 SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska Any knowledge that doesn’t lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska My choices are rejections, since there is no other way, but what I reject is more numerous, denser, more demanding than before. A little poem, a sigh, at the cost of indescribable losses.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
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L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
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If a child has not been taught to behave properly by the age of four, it will forever be difficult for him or her to make friends.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson Why are you forever on my mind? Even though I’m the one you left behind.
Reece LennoxReece Lennox I never knew love till my eyes met yours and I saw me forever in the reflection.
Amanda KarchAmanda Karch There is so much inside of me I feel as if I will be writing forever.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Those places will never be the same they are forever intertwined with the thought of you.
Mila AlexandrovnaMila Alexandrovna Some things hurt forever.
Saloni VermaSaloni Verma You are more than just come overs to bend over, constant forgiveness, and second chances. You are not just a good time. You are more than being enough when it only suits them. Because you are more than just to be loved temporarily. When there are others who look at you as forever.
Jenny AJenny A We were supposed to be, even if we can’t be.
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