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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.

Wislawa Szymborska

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.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA

Fortune Kind Live Precise Question World
Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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Born Inspirational Myself Unknown
Animals don’t even try to look any different from what nature intended. They humbly wear their shells, scales, spines, plumes, pelts, and down. The conscious impulse to change one’s appearance is found only among humans.
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Animal Appearance Conscious Different Human Oneself Try
Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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Beginning Book Half Myself Open
It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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Easy Explanation Understand Yourself
Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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Choice Decision Kind Perspective
There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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Deep Hide Quite Spiritual
Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.
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Galaxy Goodness Work
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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Boredom Human Love Misery Work
In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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Comedy Element Preserve Tragedy
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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Feeling Good Morning Oneself
All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
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Memories Myself Search
Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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Boredom Day Description
Dying – you can’t do that to a cat.
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Animal Cat Death Yourself
You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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Cosmos Finding Inspirational Nature Object Remark Yourself
When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it.
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Destroy Future Myself Past Silence Word

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