It's in an inland sea that the river of my life ended. ✨ A Factless Au…

Fernando Pessoa
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It's in an inland sea that the river of my life ended. ✨ A Factless Autobiography. Book by Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith Edition, Lisbon, 2006.
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We live by action—by acting on desire. Those of us who don't know how to want—whether geniuses or beggars—are related by impotence.
I had the same sensation as when we watch someone sleep. When asleep we all become children again. Perhaps because in the state of slumber we can do no wrong and are unconscious of life, the greatest … ▶
Time, which grays hair and wrinkles faces, also withers violent affections, and much more quickly. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2007). The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa, p.176, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
I'm astounded whenever I finish something. Astounded and distressed. My perfectionist instinct should inhibit me from finishing; it should inhibit me from even beginning. But I get distracted and sta … ▶
I know nothing and my heart aches ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2010). The Book of Disquiet, p.114, Profile Books

It's in an inland sea that the river of my life ended. ✨ A Factless Autobiography. Book by Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith Edition, Lisbon, 2006.

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