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.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAPoetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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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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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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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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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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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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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
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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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I’m old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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