Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAPoetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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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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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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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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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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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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I’m drowning in papers.
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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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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
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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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