Decadence is the total loss of unconsciousness, which is the very basi…

Fernando Pessoa
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Decadence is the total loss of unconsciousness, which is the very basis of life. Could it think, the heart would stop beating. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2007). The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa, p.319, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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Decadence is the total loss of unconsciousness, which is the very basis of life. Could it think, the heart would stop beating. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2007). The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa, p.319, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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