Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012) Polish writer
"In Heraclitus' River"
Poems New and Collected (1998), Salt (1962)
“If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago.”
Tales of Southern Rivers (1924).
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“In Heraclitus' river
a fish has imagined the fish of all fish”
Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012) Polish writer
"In Heraclitus' River"
Poems New and Collected (1998), Salt (1962)
Context: In Heraclitus' river
a fish has imagined the fish of all fish,
a fish kneels to the fish, a fish sings to the fish,
a fish begs the fish to ease its fishy lot.
“So long, and thanks for all the fish.”
Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy
Variant: So long and thanks for all the fish.
Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
