And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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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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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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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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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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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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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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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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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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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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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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