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Wislawa Szymborska
Polish
July 2, 1923
Poet
I'm drowning in papers.
Wislawa Szymborska
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Drowning
I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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Living
Rather
Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice.
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Really
Any
Kind
I like being near the top of a mountain. One can't get lost here.
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Like
Get
Being
All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
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Only
Look
Nothing
Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.
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Knowledge
Out
Life
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.
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Good
Life
Very
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.
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Faith
People
Who
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.
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Poetry
About
Will
Someone sits at a table or lies on a sofa while staring motionless at a wall or ceiling. Once in a while this person writes down seven lines, only to cross out one of them 15 minutes later, and then another hour passes, during which nothing happens. Who could stand to watch this kind of thing?
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