Wislawa Szymborska Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Wislawa Szymborska quotes and sayings page 2 (poet). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 48 we have.
“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.”
“All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.”
“Everyone needs solitude, especially a person who is used to thinking about what she experiences. Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation.”
“You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.”
“Even the worst book can give us something to think about.”
“Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.”
“Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.”
“Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation.”
“Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison. I am near, too near for him to dream of me.”
“I slide my arm from under the sleeper's head and it is numb, full of swarming pins, on the tip of each, waiting to be counted, the fallen angels sit.”
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