Life on Earth is quite a bargain. Dreams, for one, don’t ch… - Wisława Szymborska

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Life on Earth is quite a bargain. Dreams, for one, don’t charge admission. Illusions are costly only when lost.

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About Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska-Włodek (2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a Polish poet, essayist and translator. She was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was bestowed the title of Lady of the Order of the White Eagle in 2011. She was a member of the Polish Writers Association (1989) and the Polish Academy of Skills (1995).

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Alternative Names: Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska • Szymborska • Wislawa Szymborska

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I shake my memory. Maybe something in its branches that has been asleep for years will start up with a flutter.<p>No. Clearly I'm asking too much. Nothing less than one whole second.

The price, after all, for not having died already
goes up not in leaps but step by step, and he would
pay that price, too.

Nothing's a gift, it's all on loan. I'm drowning in debts up to my ears. I'll have to pay for myself with my self, give up my life for my life.

Life on Earth is quite a bargain. Dreams, for one, don’t charge admission. Illusions are costly only when lost. - Wisława Szymborska

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