Quote by Diane Ackerman

“Europe enjoyed a heritage of fairy tales alive with talking animals--some almost real, other deliciously bogus-- to spark child's fantasies and gallop grownups to…

— Diane Ackerman

This homage has been rendered not to me - for the Polish soil is fertile and does not lack better writers than me -…

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

Polish literature can be interesting to the world. I'm happy to be the trailblazer.

— Olga Tokarczuk

“On the list of european royalty's leisure activities, "overrunning Poland" has historically been a close second to "sex".”

— mental floss

“Poland! Poland! The very name carries with it sighings and groanings, nation-murder, brilliance, beauty, patriotism, splendors, self-sacrifice through generations of gallant men and exquisite…

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

“My wife and I had called on Miss Stein, and she and the friend who lived with her had been very cordial and friendly…

— Ernest Hemingway

It has been said that Poland is dead, exhausted, enslaved, but here is the proof of her life and triumph.

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

“Szczęście, którego wyczekujemy, potrafi zburzyć to, które właśnie przeżywamy”

— Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

“My dear girl,' I answered in high spirits, for I felt elated at being active again. 'You are about to witness the birth of…

— Jan Karski

“I placed no trust in faiths, doctrines, ideologies, institutions. Thus I could stand only upon my own feet. But I was a Pole, molded…

— Witold Gombrowicz

“My wife and I had called on Miss Stein, and she and the friend who lived with her had been very cordial and friendly…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Gorzki to tryumf odwalić kamień grobowy na wypalonej i jałowej pustyni.”

— Gustaw Herling-Grudziński