I think of life as an inn where I have to stay until the abyss coach a…

Fernando Pessoa
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I think of life as an inn where I have to stay until the abyss coach arrives. I don't know where it will take me, for I know nothing. ✨ A Factless Autobiography. Book by Richard Zenith Edition, p. 40, 2006.
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I think of life as an inn where I have to stay until the abyss coach arrives. I don't know where it will take me, for I know nothing. ✨ A Factless Autobiography. Book by Richard Zenith Edition, p. 40, 2006.

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