My dreams are a stupid refuge, like an umbrella against a thunderbolt.…

Fernando Pessoa
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My dreams are a stupid refuge, like an umbrella against a thunderbolt. ✨ The Book of Disquiet. Book by Fernando Pessoa, 1982.
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I feel as if I'm always on the verge of waking up.
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Ah, what a morning this is, awakening me to life's stupidity. [98 - Zenith trans.]

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