It was only toward the middle of the twentieth century that the inhabitants of many European countries came, in general unpleasantly, to the realization that their fate could be influenced directly by intricate and abstruse books of philosophy.
CZESLAW MILOSZAll was taken away from you: white dresses, wings, even existence.
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Two attributes of a poet, avidity of the eye and the desire to describe that which he sees.
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Even if that is so, there will remain A word wakened by lips that perish, A tireless messenger who runs and runs Through interstellar fields, through the revolving galaxies, And calls out, protests, screams.
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What is this enigmatic impulse that does not allow one to settle down in the achieved, the finished? I think it is a quest for reality.
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I am not my own friend.Time cuts me in two.
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The true enemy of man is generalization.
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We have become indifferent to content, and react, not even to form, but to technique, to technical efficiency itself.
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The soul exceeds its circumstances.
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From life, from the apple cut by the flaming knife, what grain will be saved? My son, believe me, nothing remains, Only adult toil, the furrow of fate in the palm. Only toil, Nothing more.
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The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.
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Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.
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Consciousness even in my sleep changes primary colors. The features of my face melt like a wax doll in the fire. And who can consent to see in the mirror the mere face of man?
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The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person.
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When a writer is born into a family, the family is finished.
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I have defined poetry as a ‘passionate pursuit of the Real.
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For a country without a past is nothing, a word That, hardly spoken, loses its meaning, A perishable wall destroyed by flame, An echo of animal emotions.
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