Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAI’d have to be really quick to describe clouds – a split second’s enough for them to start being something else.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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I’m working on the world, revised, improved edition, featuring fun for fools blues for brooders, combs for bald pates, tricks for old dogs.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination.
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No one feels good at four in the morning. If ants feel good at four in the morning —three cheers for the ants.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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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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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.
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