All Iβve ever done is dream. That, and only that, has been the meaning of my existence. The only thing Iβve ever really cared about is my inner life. My greatest griefs faded to nothing the moment I opened the window onto my inner self and lost myself in watching. I never tried to be anything other than a dreamer. I never paid any attention to people who told me to go out and live. I belonged always to whatever was far from me and to whatever I could never be. Anything that was not mine, however base, always seemed to be full of poetry. The only thing I ever loved was pure nothingness. β¨ Fernando Pessoa (2010). The Book of Disquiet, p.194, Profile Books
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- FIRST WATCHER Why do people die? SECOND WATCHER Perhaps because they don't dream enough. β¨ Fernando Pessoa (2007). The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa, p.58, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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- The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!
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