Today I suddenly experienced an absurd but quite valid sensation. I re…

Fernando Pessoa
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Today I suddenly experienced an absurd but quite valid sensation. I realized, in an intimate lightning flash, that I am no one. No one, absolutely no one.
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In order to understand, I destroyed myself. ✨ A Factless Autobiography. Book by Fernando Pessoa (p. 73), 2006.
I wasn’t meant for reality, but life came and found me. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2002). The Book of Disquiet, p.276, Penguin UK
I look for myself but find no one. I belong to the chrysanthemum hour of bright flowers placed in tall vases. I should make an ornament of my soul. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2010). The Book of Disquiet, p.1 … ▶
There's a tiredness of abstract inteligence, and it's the most horrible of tirednesses. It doesn't weight on you like the tiredness of the body, nor does it worry you like the tiredness of knowledge … ▶
I search and can't find myself. I belong in chrysanthemum time, sharp in calla lily elongations. God made my soul into an ornamental thing. ✨ The Book of Disquiet. Book by Fernando Pessoa, p. 140, 19 … ▶

Today I suddenly experienced an absurd but quite valid sensation. I realized, in an intimate lightning flash, that I am no one. No one, absolutely no one.

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