“ Czemu ty się, zła godzino,z niepotrzebnym mieszasz lękiem?Jesteś - a więc musisz minąć.Miniesz - a więc to jest piękne Wislawa Szymborska
“ Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy. Wislawa Szymborska
“ The killer whale's heart weighs one hundred kilosbut in other respects it is light.There is nothing more animal-likethan a clear conscienceon the third planet of the Sun. Wislawa Szymborska
“ All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination. Wislawa Szymborska
“ Unfortunately, poetry is not born in noise, in crowds, or on a bus. There have to be four walls and the certainty that the telephone will not ring. That's what writing is all about. Wislawa Szymborska
“ I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again. Wislawa Szymborska
“ 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
“ A stone / which in its own archaic, simpleminded way / sees life as a chain of failed attempts. Wislawa Szymborska
“ My choices are rejections, since there is no other way,but what I reject is more numerous,denser, more demanding than before.A little poem, a sigh, at the cost of indescribable loss. Wislawa Szymborska
“ When it comes, you’ll be dreamingthat you don’t need to breathe;that breathless silence isthe music of the dark Wislawa Szymborska
“ Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice. Even Wislawa Szymborska
“ No carece de encantos un mundo tan terrible, no carece de madrugadas que merecen un despertar. Wislawa Szymborska
“ 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
“ No day copies yesterday,no two nights will teach what bliss isin precisely the same way,with precisely the same kisses. Wislawa Szymborska
