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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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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All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination. Even the richest, most surprising and wild imagination is not as rich, wild and surprising as reality. The task of the poet is to pick singular threads from this dense, colorful fabric.
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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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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Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.
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