#r

In the life of the spirit there is no ending that is not a beginning. ↗

— Henrietta Szold

#ending #life #spirit

Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#full #generally #life #remember #rich

After every war someone has to tidy up. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#every #someone #tidy #up #war

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#easier #imperfection #served #small #tolerate

Even the worst book can give us something to think about. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#book #even #give #something #think

I like being near the top of a mountain. One can't get lost here. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#get #here #i #like #lost

I usually write for the individual reader -though I would like to have many such readers. There are some poets who write for people assembled in big rooms, so they can live through something collectively. I prefer my reader to take my poem and have a one-on-one relationship with it. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#big #collectively #i #individual #like

Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#chance #consequence #ever #fact #happen

All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#best #common #imagination #over #primacy

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. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#creative #creative life #good #humanity #i