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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.

Wislawa Szymborska

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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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Born Inspirational Myself Unknown
When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it.
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Destroy Future Myself Past Silence Word
I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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Absurd Myself Poem Preference Writing
I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again.
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Myself Poetry Point Talk
The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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Hands Joy Mortal Perseverance Power Revenge Writing
I don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible.
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Myself Play Role
Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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Choice Decision Kind Perspective
Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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Code Light Secret
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.
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Memory at last has what I sought.
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Last Memories Myself Thinking
Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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Boredom Day Description
They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway.
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Hard Myself Oneself Sentence
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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Color Ground Past Politics Walk Yourself
Dying – you can’t do that to a cat.
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Animal Cat Death Yourself
Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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Cosmos End Space World
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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Breathe Darkness Dreams Music Need Rhythm Spark
Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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Gift Loan One Liner Perspective
They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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Experience Important Love Myself Romantic
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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Beginning Creativity Humanity Kind Life Love Man Myself Understand
I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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Bone Myself Time
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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Believe Different God Goodness Man Strong
I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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Fight Himself Imagination Myself Peace Quiet
There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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Deep Hide Quite Spiritual
All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination.
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Agreement Best Common Imagination Reality Regard
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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Doctor Fact Follow Health Order Yourself
I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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Bad Fight Myself Poet Word
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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Common Poet Publish Reading Understand

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