Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAIs a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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I am a tarsier and a tarsier’s son, the grandson and great-grandson of tarsiers, a tiny creature, made up of two pupils and whatever simply could not be left out.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune’s darlings.
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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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Something 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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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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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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No day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses.
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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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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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