"And those who expected lightning and thunder Are disappointed. And those who expected signs and archangels' trumps Do…"

"The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are…"

"There was a time when only wise books were read helping us to bear our pain and misery. This, after all, is not quite…"

"Przysięgam, nie ma we mnie czarodziejstwa słów. Mówię do ciebie milcząc, jak obłok czy drzewo."

"Every poet depends upon generations who wrote in his native tongue; he inherits styles and forms elaborated by those …"

"What is this enigmatic impulse that does not allow one to settle down in the achieved, the finished? I think it is a …"

"Only if we assume that a poet constantly strives to liberate himself from borrowed styles in search for reality, is h…"

"During the thirty years I have spent abroad I have felt I was more privileged than my Western colleagues, whether wri…"

"It would be more decorous not to live. To live is not decorous, Says he who after many years Returned to the city of …"

"Masculinity and femininity, elapsed, met in him And every shame, every grief, every love. If ever we accede to enligh…"