There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKASecret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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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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I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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I am a tarsier and a tarsier’s son, the grandson and great-grandson of tarsiers, a tiny creature, made up of two pupils and whatever simply could not be left out.
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I’m drowning in papers.
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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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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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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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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination.
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Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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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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