--- title: "1 Bad taste Quotes By Wisława Szymborska" description: "1 Bad taste quotes by Wisława Szymborska. Plus more from Wisława Szymborska and more Bad taste sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/wis-awa-szymborska-19109_bad-taste_letters-to-the-dead-we-read-the-letters_2773685.jpg" --- > [“Letters to the Dead" We read the letters of the dead like puzzled gods -- gods nevertheless, because we know what happened later. We know what money wasn’t repaid, the widows who rushed to remarry. Poor, unseeing dead, deceived, fallible,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wis-awa-szymborska/letters-to-the-dead-we-read-the-letters-of-the-dead-like-puzzled-gods/) [Wisława Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wis-awa-szymborska/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/wis-awa-szymborska-19109_bad-taste_letters-to-the-dead-we-read-the-letters_2773685.jpg) ## Other authors on Bad taste ## More by Wisława Szymborska > [“History didn’t greet us with triumphal fanfares: —it flung dirty sand into our eyes. Ahead of us lay long roads leading nowhere, poisoned wells…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wis-awa-szymborska/history-didn-t-greet-us-with-triumphal-fanfares-it-flung-dirty-sand/) [Wisława Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wis-awa-szymborska/) > [“Nothing Twice     Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wis-awa-szymborska/nothing-twice-nothing-can-ever-happen-twice-in-consequence-the-sorry/) [Wisława Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wis-awa-szymborska/) > [“True love. Is it normal is it serious, is it practical? What does the world get from two people who exist in a world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wis-awa-szymborska/true-love-is-it-normal-is-it-serious-is-it-practical-what-does-the/) [Wisława Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wis-awa-szymborska/) > [“We have a soul at times. No one’s got it non-stop, for keeps. Day after day, year after year may pass without it. Sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wis-awa-szymborska/we-have-a-soul-at-times-no-one-s-got-it-non-stop-for-keeps-day-after/) [Wisława Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wis-awa-szymborska/) > [“We live longer but less precisely and in shorter sentences.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wis-awa-szymborska/we-live-longer-but-less-precisely-and-in-shorter-sentences/) [Wisława Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wis-awa-szymborska/) > [“We, too, can divide ourselves, it’s true. / But only into flesh and a broken whisper. / Into flesh and poetry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wis-awa-szymborska/we-too-can-divide-ourselves-it-s-true-but-only-into-flesh-and-a/) [Wisława Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wis-awa-szymborska/) > [“within the four walls of avalanches, I call out to Yeti. Stomping my feet for warmth on the snow the snow eternal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wis-awa-szymborska/within-the-four-walls-of-avalanches-i-call-out-to-yeti-stomping-my/) [Wisława Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wis-awa-szymborska/) > [“Moje znaki szczególne to zachwyt i rozpacz.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wis-awa-szymborska/moje-znaki-szczeg-lne-to-zachwyt-i-rozpacz/) [Wisława Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wis-awa-szymborska/) > [“I’ll never find out now What A. thought of me. If B. ever forgave me in the end. Why C. pretended everything was fine.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wis-awa-szymborska/i-ll-never-find-out-now-what-a-thought-of-me-if-b-ever-forgave-me-in/) [Wisława Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wis-awa-szymborska/) > [“I’ve wanted to write about them for a long while, but it’s a tricky subject, always put off for later and perhaps worthy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wis-awa-szymborska/i-ve-wanted-to-write-about-them-for-a-long-while-but-it-s-a-tricky/) [Wisława Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wis-awa-szymborska/) > [“The Real World' The real word doesn't take flight the way dreams do. No muffled voice, no doorbell can dispel it, no shriek, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wis-awa-szymborska/the-real-world-the-real-word-doesn-t-take-flight-the-way-dreams-do-no/) [Wisława Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wis-awa-szymborska/) > [“We leven langer, maar minder nauwkeurig en in kortere zinnen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wis-awa-szymborska/we-leven-langer-maar-minder-nauwkeurig-en-in-kortere-zinnen/) [Wisława Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wis-awa-szymborska/) > [“DESPEDIDA DE UN PAISAJE No le reprocho a la primavera que llegue de nuevo. No me quejo de que cumpla como todos los años…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wis-awa-szymborska/despedida-de-un-paisaje-no-le-reprocho-a-la-primavera-que-llegue-de/) [Wisława Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wis-awa-szymborska/) > [“The world, whatever we might think about it terrified by its vastness and by our helplessness in the face of it, embittered by its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wis-awa-szymborska/the-world-whatever-we-might-think-about-it-terrified-by-its-vastness/) [Wisława Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wis-awa-szymborska/) > [“-A Word On Statistics- Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two. Unsure of every step: almost all the rest. Ready…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wis-awa-szymborska/a-word-on-statistics-out-of-every-hundred-people-those-who-always/) [Wisława Szymborska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wis-awa-szymborska/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-taste/wis-awa-szymborska/#itemlist", "name": "1 Bad taste Quotes By Wisława Szymborska", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Letters to the Dead\" We read the letters of the dead like puzzled gods -- gods nevertheless, because we know what happened later. We know what money wasn’t repaid, the widows who rushed to remarry. Poor, unseeing dead, deceived, fallible, toiling in solemn foolery. We see the signs made behind their backs, catch the rustle of ripped-up wills. 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