I’m beginning to know myself. I don’t exist. I’m the space between wha…

Fernando Pessoa
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I’m beginning to know myself. I don’t exist. I’m the space between what I’d like to be and what others made of me. Just let me be at ease and all by myself in my room. ✨ Fernando Pessoa, Edwin Honig, Susan M. Brown (1986). The Poems of Fernando Pessoa, New York : Ecco Press
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