Quote by Wislawa Szymborska
Unfortunately, poetry is not born in noise, in crowds, or on a bus

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. Thats what writing is all about. – Wislawa Szymborska

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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 anyones existence in this world. – Wislawa Szymborska

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Any knowledge that doesnt lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life. – Wislawa Szymborska

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