I have at this moment so many fundamental thoughts, so many truly meta…

Fernando Pessoa
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I have at this moment so many fundamental thoughts, so many truly metaphysical things to say, that I suddenly get tired and decide not to write any more, not to think any more, but to allow the fever of speaking to make me sleepy, and with my eyes closed, like a cat, I play with everything I could have said.
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What is art but the denial of life? ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2017). The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition, p.373, New Directions Publishing
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There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2007). The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa, p.282, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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