Reads tagged with “Wislawa Szymborska”

Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska’s Poem “Love at First Sight,” Illustrated
“Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.”

Polish Poet and Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska on Great Love
“Great love is never justified. It’s like the little tree that springs up in some inexplicable fashion on the side of a cliff: where are its roots, what does it feed on, what miracle produces those green leaves?”

Polish Poet and Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska on the Creative Power of Uncertainty
“Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous ‘I don’t know.’”

The Savage and the Scholar: Polish Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska on the Role of the Artist in Humanizing Our History
“The poet, regardless of education, age, sex, and tastes, remains in his heart of hearts the spiritual heir of primitive humanity.”

Cosmic Solitude: Polish Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska on How the Prospect of Being Alone in the Universe Can Make Us Better Stewards of Our Humanity
“Perhaps we wouldn’t talk so much nonsense, tell so many lies, if we knew that they were echoing throughout the cosmos…”

Our Cosmic Humanity: Astronomer Jill Tarter Reads Nobel-Winning Polish Poet Wisława Szymborska
“…as long as our kindness is still incomparable, peerless even in its imperfection…”

An Ode to the Number Pi by Nobel-Winning Polish Poet Wisława Szymborska
“…nudging, always nudging a sluggish eternity to continue.”

The Importance of Being Scared: Polish Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska on Fairy Tales and the Necessity of Fear
“Andersen had the courage to write stories with unhappy endings. He didn’t believe that you should try to be good because it pays … but because evil stems from intellectual and emotional stuntedness and is the one form of poverty that should be shunned.”

Why We Read: Polish Poet and Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska on What Books Do for the Human Spirit
“Homo Ludens with a book is free… free — and no other hobby can promise this — to eavesdrop on Montaigne’s arguments or take a quick dip in the Mesozoic.”

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