I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAAnimals don’t even try to look any different from what nature intended. They humbly wear their shells, scales, spines, plumes, pelts, and down. The conscious impulse to change one’s appearance is found only among humans.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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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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No one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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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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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
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I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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