Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAI’m drowning in papers.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
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Whether you want it or not, your genes have a political past, your skin a political tone. your eyes a political color. You walk with political steps on political ground.
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway.
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I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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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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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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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 feels good at four in the morning. If ants feel good at four in the morning —three cheers for the ants.
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I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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