All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAWhatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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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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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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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
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Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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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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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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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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Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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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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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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