I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAWhen 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.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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No one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.
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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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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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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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We’re extremely fortunate not to know precisely the kind of world we live in. One would have to live a long, long time, unquestionably longer than the world itself.
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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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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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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They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway.
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Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven’t got even that much, however loveless and boring – this is one of the harshest human miseries.
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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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