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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
Wislawa Szymborska
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Wislawa Szymborska
Age: 88 †
Born: 1923
Born: July 2
Died: 2012
Died: February 1
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Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious they don't like to joke.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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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'm one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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But they know about us, they know, the four corners, and the chairs nearby us. Discerning shadows also know, and even the table keeps quiet.
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We're extremely fortunate not to know precisely the kind of world we live in. One would have to live a long, long time, unquestionably longer than the world itself.
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Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice.
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When I mention somebody, that doesn't necessarily mean that I identify with him, personally or poetically. I'm extremely happy when I encounter poets who are different than I am. The ones who have their own distinct poetics provide me with the greatest experiences.
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In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone's existence in this world.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.
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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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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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And whatever I do will become forever what I've done.
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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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They say the first love's most important. That's very romantic, but not my experience.
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Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work!
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I'd have to be really quick to describe clouds - a split second's enough for them to start being something else.
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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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I'm fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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