Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work!
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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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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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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Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
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No one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.
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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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Something doesn’t start at its usual time. Something doesn’t happen as it should. Someone was always, always here, then suddenly disappeared and stubbornly stays disappeared.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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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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I’m old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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