#eve

Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#chance #consequence #ever #fact #happen

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

— Wislawa Szymborska

#always #beginning #book #events #every

I don't believe I have a mission. Sometimes I really have a spiritual need to say something more general about the world, and sometimes something personal. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#believe #general #i #mission #more

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

— Wislawa Szymborska

#element #every #just #preserved #reversed

In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone's existence in this world. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#after #anyone #cloud #day #every

You have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#remember #side #time #you

South Koreans who have seen and praised the mass games should remember the hardship of tearful children. Teachers drive them hard with curses and orders to repeat and repeat. When the children return home in the evening, they can hardly walk. ↗

— Kim Il-sung

#curses #drive #evening #games #hard

Even if humans feel lots of fear, remember God will take care of you. This is a collective message because fear is contagious... This is a message of reassurance. ↗

— Pope Theodoros II

#care #collective #contagious #even #fear

This is not an election where we hand out gifts. It is an election where we ask everyone to contribute more. ↗

— Helle Thorning-Schmidt

#contribute #election #everyone #gifts #hand

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself. ↗

— Ice T

#been #competitive #i #myself #never