We live by action—by acting on desire. Those of us who don't know how …

Fernando Pessoa
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We live by action—by acting on desire. Those of us who don't know how to want—whether geniuses or beggars—are related by impotence.
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Time, which grays hair and wrinkles faces, also withers violent affections, and much more quickly. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2007). The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa, p.176, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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We live by action—by acting on desire. Those of us who don't know how to want—whether geniuses or beggars—are related by impotence.

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