Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torm…

Fernando Pessoa
216 citations
Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me! ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2002). The Book of Disquiet, p.54, Penguin UK
Reading
8

More Author Quotes

My hapless peers with their lofty dreams--how I envy and despise them! I'm with the others, the even more hapless, who have no-one but themselves to whom they can tell their dreams and show what woul … ▶
I sometimes think that I enjoy suffering. But the truth is I would prefer something else. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2010). The Book of Disquiet, p.190, Profile Books
I know nothing and my heart aches ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2010). The Book of Disquiet, p.114, Profile Books
Man shouldn’t be able to see his own face – there’s nothing more sinister. Nature gave him the gift of not being able to see it, and of not being able to stare into his own eyes. Only in the water of … ▶
Action men are the unvoluntary slaves of wise men. ✨ The Book of Disquiet. Book by Fernando Pessoa, 1982.

Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me! ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2002). The Book of Disquiet, p.54, Penguin UK

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes