Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAThis terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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I slide my arm from under the sleeper’s head and it is numb, full of swarming pins, on the tip of each, waiting to be counted, the fallen angels sit.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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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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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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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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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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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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At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn’t possible to save mankind.
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