“I think that I am here, on this earth,
To present a report on it, but to whom I don't know.”

— Czeslaw Milosz

"Consciousness," trans. Czesław Miłosz and Robert Hass
Unattainable Earth (1986)
Context: I think that I am here, on this earth,
To present a report on it, but to whom I don't know.
As if I were sent so that whatever takes place
Has meaning because it changes into memory.

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Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator 1911–2004

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