Being twenty years old, I naturally had a wild imagination and a tender heart.
Wladyslaw Stanislaw ReymontI was intoxicated by the romantic poetry of our great writers. I arranged the world according to my private use, looking at it through the poems I had devoured.
Wladyslaw Stanislaw ReymontA free peasant means free Poland, for he is the foundation of her greatness and independence.
Wladyslaw Stanislaw ReymontEverything must go its own way. One has to plow in order to sow, one has to sow in order to harvest, and what is disturbing has to be weeded out, like a bad weed.
Wladyslaw Stanislaw ReymontOur duty is to rise in the bright daylight, openly, beating the drums. The cause for which we are ready to give our necks does not fear the light, and to attack the enemy by guile would not suit it. A Pole has always despised ambushes, and God forbid that he should change. We shall not fail to have enough strength to defeat our enemies if we do not fail to have the spirit of sacrifice and love.
Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont