You who think of us: they lived only in delusion, Know that we the People of the Book, will never die!
CZESLAW MILOSZHe returns years later, has no demands. He wants only one, most precious thing: To see, purely and simply, without name, Without expectations, fears, or hopes, At the edge where there is no I or not-I.
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I have no wisdom, no skills, and no faith but I received strength, it tears the world apart. I shall break, a heavy wave, against its shores and a young wave will cover my trace.
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I am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy.
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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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The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person.
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A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death – the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged.
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All of us yearn for the highest wisdom, but we have to rely on ourselves in the end.
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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 man should not love the moon. An ax should not lose weight in his hand. His garden should smell of rotting apples, And grow a fair amount of nettles.
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It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends.
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I think that I am here, on this earth, to present a report on it, but to whom I don’t know. As if I were sent so that whatever takes place has meaning because it changes into memory.
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A weak human mercy walks in the corridors of hospitals and is like a half-thawed winter.
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When I curse Fate, it’s not me, but the earth in me.
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The soul exceeds its circumstances.
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The child who dwells inside us trusts that there are wise men somewhere who know the truth.
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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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