I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.
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Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.
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When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it.
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All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
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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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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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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.
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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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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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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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