Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAPoetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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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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I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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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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I’m old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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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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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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