Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAEven the worst book can give us something to think about.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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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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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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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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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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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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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
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Dying – you can’t do that to a cat.
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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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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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