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Wislawa Szymborska Quotes

I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here Picture Quote #1

Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands Picture Quote #1

I usually write for the individual reader -though I would like to have many such readers. There are some poets who write for people assembled in big rooms, so they can live through something collectively. I prefer my reader to take my poem and have a one-on-one relationship with it Picture Quote #1

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects Picture Quote #1

Memory at last has what I sought Picture Quote #1

Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison Picture Quote #1

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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person Picture Quote #1

Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I’ve reached the age of self-knowledge, so I don’t know anything. People who claim that they know something are responsible for most of the fuss in the world Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison. I am near, too near for him to dream of me Picture Quote #1

I have sympathy for young people, for their growing pains, but I balk when these growing pains are pushed into the foreground, when you make these young people the only vehicles of life’s wisdom Picture Quote #1

Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Today when two people decide upon a thoughtless and precipitate abbreviation of the physical space between them, they think, at least at that moment, that they’re mutually attracted and drawn together by an overwhelming force Picture Quote #1

They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience Picture Quote #1

I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other Picture Quote #1

Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke Picture Quote #1

Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die Picture Quote #1

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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on Picture Quote #1

I’m drowning in papers Picture Quote #1

I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet Picture Quote #1

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses Picture Quote #1

I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems Picture Quote #1

Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan Picture Quote #1

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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here. (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) I usually write for the individual reader -though I would like to have many such readers. There are some poets who write for people assembled in big rooms, so they can live through something collectively. I prefer my reader to take my poem and have a one-on-one relationship with it (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) Memory at last has what I sought (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) 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 (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) I don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) 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 (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) I’ve reached the age of self-knowledge, so I don’t know anything. People who claim that they know something are responsible for most of the fuss in the world. (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) 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. (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison. I am near, too near for him to dream of me. (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) I have sympathy for young people, for their growing pains, but I balk when these growing pains are pushed into the foreground, when you make these young people the only vehicles of life’s wisdom. (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation. (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) 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. (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway. (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) 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. (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) Today when two people decide upon a thoughtless and precipitate abbreviation of the physical space between them, they think, at least at that moment, that they’re mutually attracted and drawn together by an overwhelming force. (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience. (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) I started earning a living as a poet rather early on (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) I’m drowning in papers (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes) Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan (Wislawa Szymborska Quotes)

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