Animals don’t even try to look any different from what nature intended. They humbly wear their shells, scales, spines, plumes, pelts, and down. The conscious impulse to change one’s appearance is found only among humans.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAI prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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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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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.
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I don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible.
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Memory at last has what I sought.
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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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I’m drowning in papers.
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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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