Direct experience is the evasion, or hiding place of those devoid of i…

Fernando Pessoa
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Direct experience is the evasion, or hiding place of those devoid of imagination. ✨ A Factless Autobiography. Book by Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith Edition, Lisbon, p. 163, 2006.
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