Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAWhatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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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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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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No one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.
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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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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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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 don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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