Quote of the Week

April 6th, 2009  |  Published in Quote of the Week
by Lanell Dike

The Three Oddest Words

When I pronounce the word Future,
The first syllable already belongs to the past.

When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.

When I pronounce the word Nothing,
I make something no nonbeing can hold.

Wisława Szymborka (from Poems New and Collected)

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