Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAAll the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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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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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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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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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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I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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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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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 prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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