They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAEven the worst book can give us something to think about.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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I slide my arm from under the sleeper’s head and it is numb, full of swarming pins, on the tip of each, waiting to be counted, the fallen angels sit.
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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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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Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
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I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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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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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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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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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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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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