Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKANo 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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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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I slide my arm from under the sleeper’s head and it is numb, full of swarming pins, on the tip of each, waiting to be counted, the fallen angels sit.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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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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I’m drowning in papers.
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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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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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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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I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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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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I don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible.
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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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