Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKANo day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
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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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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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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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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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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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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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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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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven’t got even that much, however loveless and boring – this is one of the harshest human miseries.
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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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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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