I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me.…

Fernando Pessoa
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I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2007). The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa, p.321, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2007). The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa, p.321, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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