193 Quotes by Wisława Szymborska

Now enter, single file, the hosts who died early on,in Acts 3 and 4, or between scenes.The miraculous return of all those lost without a trace. The thought that they’ve been waiting patiently offstagewithout taking off their makeupor their costumesmoves me more than all the tragedy’s tirades.

Dividing earth and skyis not the right wayto think about this wholeness.It only allows one to liveat a more precise address--were I to be searched forI'd be found much faster.My distinguishing marksare rapture and despair.From 'Sky', in the collection 'Miracle Fair

My apologies to chance for calling it necessity. My apologies to necessity if I'm mistaken, after all. Please, don't be angry, happiness, that I take you as my due.May my dead be patient with the way my memories fade. My apologies to time for all the world I overlook each second.

a stone / which in its own archaic, simpleminded way / sees life as a chain of failed attempts.

Czemu ty się, zła godzino,z niepotrzebnym mieszasz lękiem?Jesteś - a więc musisz minąć.Miniesz - a więc to jest piękne

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.

... in daily speech, where we don't stop to consider every word, we all use phrases like "the ordinary world," "ordinary life," "the ordinary course of events" ... But in the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone's existence in this world.

Esperti degli spazi dalla terra alle stelle ci perdiamo nello spazio dalla terra alla testa.

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