This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKALife lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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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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All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination.
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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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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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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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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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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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I’m drowning in papers.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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Any knowledge that doesn’t lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.
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