What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAThe joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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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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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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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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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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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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When it comes, you’ll be dreaming that you don’t need to breathe; that breathless silence is the music of the dark and it’s part of the rhythm to vanish like a spark.
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