Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAIt’s a well-known fact: in order to follow doctor’s orders, you have to be healthy as a horse.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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I am a tarsier and a tarsier’s son, the grandson and great-grandson of tarsiers, a tiny creature, made up of two pupils and whatever simply could not be left out.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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Animals don’t even try to look any different from what nature intended. They humbly wear their shells, scales, spines, plumes, pelts, and down. The conscious impulse to change one’s appearance is found only among humans.
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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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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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Memory at last has what I sought.
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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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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