Sunday, March 23, 2014

Thought for the Day

History counts its skeletons in round numbers.
~ Wislawa Szymborska
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Quoted from Szymborska's poem "The Hunger Camp at Jaslo"

Wislawa Szymborska, 1923-2012, Poet, Recipient of Nobel Prize in Literature (1996)

Five Poems by Wislawa Szymborska, Nobel Library
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 23, 2014 at 2:46 PM

    history counts it's skeletons
    in round numbers
    over time
    bending bones
    like sand scouring stone

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  2. Hannah StephensonMarch 23, 2014 at 7:02 PM

    Her work is so powerful....this quote is painfully accurate.

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