I’ve dreamed a lot. I’m tired now from dreaming but not tired of dream…

Fernando Pessoa
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I’ve dreamed a lot. I’m tired now from dreaming but not tired of dreaming. No one tires of dreaming, because to dream is to forget, and forgetting does not weigh on us, it is a dreamless sleep throughout which we remain awake. In dreams I have achieved everything. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2010). The Book of Disquiet, p.70, Profile Books
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Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (1988). Numbers: 4
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