Poetic talent doesn't operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.

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It's just not easy to explain to someone else what you don't understand yourself.

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All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.

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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.

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Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.

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Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison. I am near, too near for him to dream of me.

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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.

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Take it not amiss, O speech, that I borrow weighty words, and later try hard to make them seem light.

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I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again.

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