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> [“In a garden, things grow . . . but first, they must wither; trees have to lose their leaves in order to put forth new leaves, and to grow thicker and stronger and taller. Some trees die, but fresh saplings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/in-a-garden-things-grow-but-first-they-must-wither-trees-have-to-lose/)

[Jerzy Kosiński](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

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## More by Jerzy Kosiński

> [“There should be no promise of a plot. Plot is extraordinary, while chance is ordinary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/there-should-be-no-promise-of-a-plot-plot-is-extraordinary-while/)

[Jerzy Kosiński](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

> [I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I look no further forward than the evening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/i-look-back-into-past-history-the-stored-experiences-or-products-of/)

[Jerzy Kosinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

> [“He had found the one calm place in the midst of the storm, a quiet voice calling him to earth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/he-had-found-the-one-calm-place-in-the-midst-of-the-storm-a-quiet/)

[Jerzy Kosiński](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

> [“When I saw them in Africa, I thought these birds were the greatest fliers of all. Hardly beating their wings, they fly for hours,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/when-i-saw-them-in-africa-i-thought-these-birds-were-the-greatest/)

[Jerzy Kosiński](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

> [“That's why she keeps her nails long, she says, to be able to scratch and claw.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/that-s-why-she-keeps-her-nails-long-she-says-to-be-able-to-scratch/)

[Jerzy Kosiński](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

> [Travel gives me the opportunity to walk through the sectors of cities where one can clearly see the passage of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/travel-gives-me-the-opportunity-to-walk-through-the-sectors-of-cities/)

[Jerzy Kosinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

> [Going around under an umbrella interferes with one's looking up at the sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/going-around-under-an-umbrella-interferes-with-one-s-looking-up-at/)

[Jerzy Kosinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

> [“Against the background of bland colors he projected an unfadable blackness. In a world of men with harrowed faces, with smashed eyes, bloody, bruised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/against-the-background-of-bland-colors-he-projected-an-unfadable/)

[Jerzy Kosinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

> [You don't die in the United States, you underachieve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/you-don-t-die-in-the-united-states-you-underachieve/)

[Jerzy Kosinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

> [Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the person. He added nothing to photography as a medium.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/mapplethorpe-presented-the-body-as-a-sexual-object-separating-it-from/)

[Jerzy Kosinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

> [Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit card changed the shape of life in the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/banks-introduced-the-installment-plan-the-disappearance-of-cash-and/)

[Jerzy Kosinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

> [I always have a sense of trembling, but so does a compass, after all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/i-always-have-a-sense-of-trembling-but-so-does-a-compass-after-all/)

[Jerzy Kosinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

> [“As a boy I got the idea that death was an animal which lay curled inside waiting to swallow us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/as-a-boy-i-got-the-idea-that-death-was-an-animal-which-lay-curled/)

[Jerzy Kosiński](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

> [Lovers are not snails; they don't have to protrude from their shells and meet each other halfway. Meet me within your own self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/lovers-are-not-snails-they-don-t-have-to-protrude-from-their-shells/)

[Jerzy Kosinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

> [I am curious about grownups, not children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/i-am-curious-about-grownups-not-children/)

[Jerzy Kosinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

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