When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAThere’s simply too much fuss about myself.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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It’s a well-known fact: in order to follow doctor’s orders, you have to be healthy as a horse.
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune’s darlings.
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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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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 am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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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 don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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