Animals don’t even try to look any different from what nature intended. They humbly wear their shells, scales, spines, plumes, pelts, and down. The conscious impulse to change one’s appearance is found only among humans.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAIn every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice.
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Whether you want it or not, your genes have a political past, your skin a political tone. your eyes a political color. You walk with political steps on political ground.
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn’t possible to save mankind.
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I’m drowning in papers.
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Memory at last has what I sought.
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They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway.
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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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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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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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Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.
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