I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAI prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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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 started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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Dying – you can’t do that to a cat.
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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Memory at last has what I sought.
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