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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I’m drowning in papers.
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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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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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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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Let the people who never find true love keep saying that there’s no such thing. Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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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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I don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible.
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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