4 Quotes & Sayings By Adam Zagajewski

Adam Zagajewski (born 1964) is a Polish novelist, essayist and critic. His first book, Dzienniki z przeszłością (Book of journals), published in 1994, won the Nike Award. His second book, Uwięzienie (The imprisonment), published in 1996, was awarded the Nike Award for best novel of the year. His most popular works are now his three volumes of essays: Czytanki (2004), Jak jeszcze słożyć kwiaty w cieniu końskiej szyby (2004), Myśliwiec śmierci (2008) Read more

He currently lives in Warsaw with his wife and four children.

I drink from a small spring, my thirst exceeds the...
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I drink from a small spring, my thirst exceeds the ocean. Adam Zagajewski
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Read for yourselves, read for the sake of your inspiration, for the sweet turmoil in your lovely head. But also read against yourselves, read for questioning and impotence, for despair and erudition, read the dry sardonic remarks of cynical philosophers like Cioran or even Carl Schmitt, read newspapers, read those who despise, dismiss or simply ignore poetry and try to understand why they do it. Read your enemies, read those who reinforce your sense of what's evolving in poetry, and also read those whose darkness or malice or madness or greatness you can't understand because only in this way will you grow, outlive yourself, and become what you are. Adam Zagajewski
In summer the empire of insects spreads.
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In summer the empire of insects spreads. Adam Zagajewski