Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAEvery beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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I’m working on the world, revised, improved edition, featuring fun for fools blues for brooders, combs for bald pates, tricks for old dogs.
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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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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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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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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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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Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune’s darlings.
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I’m old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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