I’m drowning in papers.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAIs a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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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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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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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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Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work!
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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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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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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven’t got even that much, however loveless and boring – this is one of the harshest human miseries.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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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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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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Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
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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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