You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAAfter every war someone has to tidy up.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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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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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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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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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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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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No one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn’t possible to save mankind.
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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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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