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.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAWhatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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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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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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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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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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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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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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I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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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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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
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At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn’t possible to save mankind.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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