I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAGod was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again.
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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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I’d have to be really quick to describe clouds – a split second’s enough for them to start being something else.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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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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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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Dying – you can’t do that to a cat.
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No day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses.
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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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Whether you want it or not, your genes have a political past, your skin a political tone. your eyes a political color. You walk with political steps on political ground.
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God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.
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