In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKASomewhere out there the world must have an end.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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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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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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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 prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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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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Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice.
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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