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.
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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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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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!
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All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination.
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We’re extremely fortunate not to know precisely the kind of world we live in. One would have to live a long, long time, unquestionably longer than the world itself.
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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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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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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 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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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 am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
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