3 Quotes by Mrożek Sławomir

Rzeczy, których pożądasz, które chcesz mieć. Które możesz kupić za pieniądze. Być niewolnikiem rzeczy, to niewola jeszcze doskonalsza niż więzienie. To niewola doprawdy idealna, bo tu już nie ma żadnej przemocy z zewnątrz, żadnego przymusu. To już tylko sama dusza niewolnicza niewolę sobie stwarza, bo niewoli łaknie.

The teacher put a full stop after the last word she had written and started to explain to the children the meaning of poetry. It was a question of the endings of the words; if the children found that the endings were the same, they were confronted by poetry.

That night it was difficult to sleep because an armored car was patrolling on our roof and checking the documents of the cats which always prowl there. I was told that only one cat had his papers on him but he too was arrested. After all, an ordinary car carrying authentic personal documents is enough to arouse justified suspicion.