I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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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Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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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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Memory at last has what I sought.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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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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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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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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