Whenever someone tells me he dreamed, I wonder if he realizes that he …

Fernando Pessoa
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Whenever someone tells me he dreamed, I wonder if he realizes that he has never done anything but dream. ✨ Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith (1996). Book of Disquietude, Carcanet Press Limited
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