Czeslaw Milosz Thoughts

Best 30+ Czeslaw Milosz Messages, Quotes, and Images

The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person.

The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person.

You see how I try To reach with words What matters most And how I fail.

You see how I try To reach with words What matters most And how I fail.

Yet falling in love is not the same as being able to love.

Yet falling in love is not the same as being able to love.

Do you know how it is when one wakes
at night suddenly and asks,
listening to the pounding heart: what more do you want,
insatiable?

Do you know how it is when one wakes at night suddenly and asks, listening to the pounding heart: what more do you want, insatiable?

Irony is the glory of slaves.

Irony is the glory of slaves.

Consolation Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.

Consolation Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.

I am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy

I am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy

Poetry is news brought to the mountains by a unicorn and an echo.

Poetry is news brought to the mountains by a unicorn and an echo.

On the day the world ends A bee circles a clover, A fisherman mends a glimmering net.

On the day the world ends A bee circles a clover, A fisherman mends a glimmering net.

The revolt against one's environment is usually 'shame' of one's environment.

The revolt against one's environment is usually 'shame' of one's environment.

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