Writing is like paying myself a formal visit. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2017)…

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Writing is like paying myself a formal visit. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2017). The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition, p.298, Serpent's Tail
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These pages are not my confession; they’re my definition. And I feel, as I begin to write it, that I can write it with some semblance of truth. ✨ Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith (2002). The Selected … ▶
Lord, may the pain be ours, And the weakness that it brings, But at least give us the strength, Of not showing it to anyone!
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Writing is like paying myself a formal visit. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2017). The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition, p.298, Serpent's Tail

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