After every war someone has to tidy up.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAEven the worst book can give us something to think about.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Any knowledge that doesn’t lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.
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All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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No one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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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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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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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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