No day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAExistentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Something doesn’t start at its usual time. Something doesn’t happen as it should. Someone was always, always here, then suddenly disappeared and stubbornly stays disappeared.
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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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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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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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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Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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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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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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