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 SZYMBORSKAEven the worst book can give us something to think about.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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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 started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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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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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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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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