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Dying - you can't do that to a cat.
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
Szymborska
Dying
Cat
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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
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When it comes, you’ll be dreaming that you don’t need to breathe that breathless silence is the music of the dark and it’s part of the rhythm to vanish like a spark.
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I'm one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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