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Wislawa Szymborska
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Wislawa Szymborska
Age: 88 †
Born: 1923
Born: July 2
Died: 2012
Died: February 1
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Kornik
Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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Let the people who never find true love keep saying that there's no such thing. Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.
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Dying - you can't do that to a cat.
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Animals 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.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely
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They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one's behind me, anyway.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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They say the first love's most important. That's very romantic, but not my experience.
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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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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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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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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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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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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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