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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.

Wislawa Szymborska

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It’s a well-known fact: in order to follow doctor’s orders, you have to be healthy as a horse.
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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.
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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Forever Myself Perspective Willing
There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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Bad Fight Myself Poet Word
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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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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Operate Poet Spirit Talent
Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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Land Life Scratch Time
My choices are rejections, since there is no other way, but what I reject is more numerous, denser, more demanding than before. A little poem, a sigh, at the cost of indescribable losses.
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Choice Demand Loss Myself Rejection Way
Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
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Comparison Knowledge World
All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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Easy Imperfection Service Small Tolerance
It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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Easy Explanation Understand Yourself
Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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Born Inspirational Myself Unknown
This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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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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Beginning Creativity Humanity Kind Life Love Man Myself Understand

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