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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.

Wislawa Szymborska

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Wislawa Szymborska
Age: 88 †
Born: 1923
Born: July 2
Died: 2012
Died: February 1
Critic
Essayist
Literary Critic
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Kornik
Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska
Szymborska
Happens
Consequence
Ever
Sorry
Without
Leave
Nothing
Happen
Practice
Improvised
Chance
Workout
Fact
Arrive
Facts
Twice

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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still
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Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings.
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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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