I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKACarry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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No one feels good at four in the morning. If ants feel good at four in the morning —three cheers for the ants.
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All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
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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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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
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When it comes, you’ll be dreaming that you don’t need to breathe; that breathless silence is the music of the dark and it’s part of the rhythm to vanish like a spark.
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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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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