Wislawa Szymborska Quotes

You know, I’m worried about Szymborska. I wish she would stop smoking.

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.

When I was young I had a moment of believing in the Communist doctrine. I wanted to save the world through Communism. Quite soon I understood that it doesn’t work, but I’ve never pretended it didn’t happen to me.

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.

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

There’s simply too much fuss about myself.