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> [I've had the good fortune to read a lot of great American writers in translation, and my absolute beloved, for me one of the greatest writers ever, is Mark Twain. Yes, yes, yes. And Whitman, from whom the whole of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/i-ve-had-the-good-fortune-to-read-a-lot-of-great-american-writers-in/)

[Wislawa Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wislawa-szymborska/)

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## More by Wislawa Szymborska

> [I usually write for the individual reader -though I would like to have many such readers. There are some poets who write for people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/i-usually-write-for-the-individual-reader-though-i-would-like-to-have/)

[Wislawa Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wislawa-szymborska/)

> [Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/out-of-every-hundred-people-those-who-always-know-better-fifty-two/)

[Wislawa Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wislawa-szymborska/)

> [I don't know the role I'm playing. I only know it's mine, non-convertible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/i-don-t-know-the-role-i-m-playing-i-only-know-it-s-mine-non/)

[Wislawa Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wislawa-szymborska/)

> [This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/this-terrifying-world-is-not-devoid-of-charms-of-the-mornings-that/)

[Wislawa Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wislawa-szymborska/)

> [Poetic talent doesn't operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/poetic-talent-doesn-t-operate-in-a-vacuum-there-is-a-spirit-of-polish/)

[Wislawa Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wislawa-szymborska/)

> [“Every beginning, after all, is nothing but a sequel, and the book of events is always open in the middle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/every-beginning-after-all-is-nothing-but-a-sequel-and-the-book-of/)

[Wislawa Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wislawa-szymborska/)

> [All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination. Even the richest, most surprising…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/all-the-best-have-something-in-common-a-regard-for-reality-an/)

[Wislawa Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wislawa-szymborska/)

> [Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/is-a-decision-made-in-advance-really-any-kind-of-choice/)

[Wislawa Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wislawa-szymborska/)

> [“Four billion people on this earth but my imagination is still the same. It's bad with large numbers. It's still taken by particularity. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/four-billion-people-on-this-earth-but-my-imagination-is-still-the/)

[Wislawa Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wislawa-szymborska/)

> [Most of the earth's inhabitants work to get by. They work because they have to. They didn't pick this or that kind of job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/most-of-the-earth-s-inhabitants-work-to-get-by-they-work-because-they/)

[Wislawa Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wislawa-szymborska/)

> [God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/god-was-finally-going-to-believe-in-a-man-both-good-and-strong-but/)

[Wislawa Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wislawa-szymborska/)

> [Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/carry-on-then-if-only-for-the-moment-that-it-takes-a-tiny-galaxy-to/)

[Wislawa Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wislawa-szymborska/)

> [Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/keep-up-the-good-work-if-only-for-a-while-if-only-for-the-twinkling/)

[Wislawa Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wislawa-szymborska/)

> [I'm working on the world, revised, improved edition, featuring fun for fools blues for brooders, combs for bald pates, tricks for old dogs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/i-m-working-on-the-world-revised-improved-edition-featuring-fun-for/)

[Wislawa Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wislawa-szymborska/)

> [Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/any-knowledge-that-doesn-t-lead-to-new-questions-quickly-dies-out-it/)

[Wislawa Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wislawa-szymborska/)

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