Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAEven boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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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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Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune’s darlings.
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work!
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
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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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All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
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Dying – you can’t do that to a cat.
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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