They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAYou can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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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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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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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven’t got even that much, however loveless and boring – this is one of the harshest human miseries.
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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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Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.
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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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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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