And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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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It’s a well-known fact: in order to follow doctor’s orders, you have to be healthy as a horse.
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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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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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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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I’m old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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We’re extremely fortunate not to know precisely the kind of world we live in. One would have to live a long, long time, unquestionably longer than the world itself.
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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Any knowledge that doesn’t lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.
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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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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
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Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.
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