I don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAEven a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work!
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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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Memory at last has what I sought.
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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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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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 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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I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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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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