Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAThough I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune’s darlings.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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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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I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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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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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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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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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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No one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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