They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKATheir faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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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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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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I’m drowning in papers.
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Dying – you can’t do that to a cat.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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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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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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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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I’m old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.
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Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice.
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