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Wisława Szymborska Quote: “Somewhere out there the world must have an end.”

51. “Somewhere out there the world must have an end.”

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Wisława Szymborska Quote: “No one feels good at four in the morning. If ants feel good at four in the morning – three cheers for the ants.”

52. “No one feels good at four in the morning. If ants feel good at four in the morning – three cheers for the ants.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.”

53. “Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.”

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Wisława Szymborska Quote: “In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.”

54. “In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.”

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Wisława Szymborska Quote: “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.”

55. “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.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “Memory at last has what I sought.”

56. “Memory at last has what I sought.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “Dying – you can’t do that to a cat.”

57. “Dying – you can’t do that to a cat.”

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Wisława Szymborska Quote: “Each of us has a very rich nature and can look at things objectively, from a distance, and at the same time can have something more personal to say about them. I am trying to look at the world, and at myself, from many different points of view. I think many poets have this duality.”

58. “Each of us has a very rich nature and can look at things objectively, from a distance, and at the same time can have something more personal to say about them. I am trying to look at the world, and at myself, from many different points of view. I think many poets have this duality.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “Even the worst book can give us something to think about.”

59. “Even the worst book can give us something to think about.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.”

60. “Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.”

61. “Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.”

62. “Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.”

63. “Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.”

64. “Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?”

65. “Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven’t got even that much, however loveless and boring – this is one of the harshest human miseries.”

66. “Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven’t got even that much, however loveless and boring – this is one of the harshest human miseries.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “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!”

67. “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!”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.”

68. “I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “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.”

69. “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.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.”

70. “Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again.”

71. “I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.”

72. “I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.”

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Wisława Szymborska Quote: “Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind.”

73. “Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “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.”

74. “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.”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?”

75. “Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?”

— Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska Quote: “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.”

76. “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.”

— Wisława Szymborska

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