I’d have to be really quick to describe clouds – a split second’s enough for them to start being something else.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAThere’s simply too much fuss about myself.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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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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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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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.
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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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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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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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God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.
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Any knowledge that doesn’t lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.
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Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.
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