Human material seems to have one major defect: it does not like to be considered merely as human material. It finds it hard to endure the feeling that it must resign itself to passive acceptance of changes introduced from above.
CZESLAW MILOSZ
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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Human material seems to have one major defect: it does not like to be considered merely as human material. It finds it hard to endure the feeling that it must resign itself to passive acceptance of changes introduced from above.
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Irony is the glory of slaves.
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The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history.
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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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Consolation Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.
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Language is the only homeland.
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And if there is no lining to the world? If a thrush on a branch is not a sign, But just a thrush on the branch? If night and day Make no sense following each other?
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On the day the world ends A bee circles a clover, A fisherman mends a glimmering net.
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Learning To believe you are magnificent. And gradually to discover that you are not magnificent. Enough labor for one human life.
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The death of a man is like the fall of a mighty nation That had valiant armies, captains, and prophets, And wealthy ports and ships all over the seas.
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I liked beaches, swimming pools, and clinics for there they were the bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh. I pitied them and myself, but this will not protect me. The word and the thought are over.
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A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death.
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When I die, I will see the lining of the world. The other side, beyond bird, mountain, sunset.
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