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> [Someone sits at a table or lies on a sofa while staring motionless at a wall or ceiling. Once in a while this person writes down seven lines, only to cross out one of them 15 minutes later, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/someone-sits-at-a-table-or-lies-on-a-sofa-while-staring-motionless-at/)

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

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> [Take it not amiss, O speech, that I borrow weighty words, and later try hard to make them seem light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wislawa-szymborska/take-it-not-amiss-o-speech-that-i-borrow-weighty-words-and-later-try/)

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

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## Other authors on Later

## 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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