I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKASuch certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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No day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses.
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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No one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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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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I don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible.
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Dying – you can’t do that to a cat.
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Whether you want it or not, your genes have a political past, your skin a political tone. your eyes a political color. You walk with political steps on political ground.
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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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