God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAI prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again.
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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.
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Let the people who never find true love keep saying that there’s no such thing. Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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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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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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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn’t possible to save mankind.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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I’m working on the world, revised, improved edition, featuring fun for fools blues for brooders, combs for bald pates, tricks for old dogs.
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No 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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