Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAKeep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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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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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’d have to be really quick to describe clouds – a split second’s enough for them to start being something else.
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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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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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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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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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Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven’t got even that much, however loveless and boring – this is one of the harshest human miseries.
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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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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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Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.
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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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