This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
Wislawa SzymborskaI'm old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.
Wislawa SzymborskaFour 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 flits in the dark like a flashlight, illuminating only random faces while all the rest go blindly by, never coming to mind and never really missed. . . . I can't tell you how much I pass over in silence.
Wislawa Szymborska