“They aren't obliged to vanish when we're gone.
They don't have to be seen while sailing on.”

— Wisława Szymborska

"Clouds"
Poems New and Collected (1998), New Poems 1993 - 97

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Polish writer 1923–2012

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“They aren't obliged to vanish when we're gone.They don't have to be seen while sailing on.”

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“They aren't obliged to vanish when we're gone.
They don't have to be seen while sailing on.”