Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAI’m old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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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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Something doesn’t start at its usual time. Something doesn’t happen as it should. Someone was always, always here, then suddenly disappeared and stubbornly stays disappeared.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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I’m old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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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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Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
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I’m drowning in papers.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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