I’m drowning in papers.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAI prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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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Memory at last has what I sought.
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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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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’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it.
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I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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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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When it comes, you’ll be dreaming that you don’t need to breathe; that breathless silence is the music of the dark and it’s part of the rhythm to vanish like a spark.
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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
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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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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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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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