This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKALet 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.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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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 prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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I’d have to be really quick to describe clouds – a split second’s enough for them to start being something else.
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I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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