If after I die, people want to write my biography, there is nothing si…

Fernando Pessoa
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If after I die, people want to write my biography, there is nothing simpler. They only need two dates: the date of my birth and the date of my death. Between one and another, every day is mine.
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My homeland is the portuguese language. ✨ A Factless Autobiography by Fernando Pessoa, translated by Richard Zenith, Lisbon, (p. 230), 2006.
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If after I die, people want to write my biography, there is nothing simpler. They only need two dates: the date of my birth and the date of my death. Between one and another, every day is mine.

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