Memory at last has what I sought.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKASomewhere out there the world must have an end.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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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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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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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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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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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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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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Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.
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Any knowledge that doesn’t lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.
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