Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAI’m drowning in papers.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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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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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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I’m working on the world, revised, improved edition, featuring fun for fools blues for brooders, combs for bald pates, tricks for old dogs.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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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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Animals don’t even try to look any different from what nature intended. They humbly wear their shells, scales, spines, plumes, pelts, and down. The conscious impulse to change one’s appearance is found only among humans.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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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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I don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible.
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Something doesn’t start at its usual time. Something doesn’t happen as it should. Someone was always, always here, then suddenly disappeared and stubbornly stays disappeared.
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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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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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