Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKASomething 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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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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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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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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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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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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Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.
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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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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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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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