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Pessoa Quotes: "Fraternity has subtleties."

Fraternity has subtleties.



Pessoa Quotes: "Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me!"

Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me!




Pessoa Quotes: "Life is good, but Wine is better."

Life is good, but Wine is better.



Pessoa Quotes: "Writing is like paying myself a formal visit."

Writing is like paying myself a formal visit.




Pessoa Quotes: "The essence of what I desire is simply this: to sleep away life."

The essence of what I desire is simply this: to sleep away life.



Pessoa Quotes: "Could it think, the heart would stop beating."

Could it think, the heart would stop beating.



Pessoa Quotes: "One never lives so intensely as when one has been thinking hard."

One never lives so intensely as when one has been thinking hard.




Pessoa Quotes: "In the very corner of my soul there is an altar to a different god."

In the very corner of my soul there is an altar to a different god.



Pessoa Quotes: "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."

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.



Pessoa Quotes: "Art lies because it's social."

Art lies because it's social.



Pessoa Quotes: "I know nothing and my heart aches"

I know nothing and my heart aches



Pessoa Quotes: "I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me."

I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me.




Pessoa Quotes: "Blessed are those who entrust their lives to no one."

Blessed are those who entrust their lives to no one.



Pessoa Quotes: "Direct experience is the evasion, or hiding place of those devoid of imagination."

Direct experience is the evasion, or hiding place of those devoid of imagination.



Pessoa Quotes: "To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think."

To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think.



Pessoa Quotes: "My joy is as painful as my pain."

My joy is as painful as my pain.



Pessoa Quotes: "I take with me the conscience of defeat as a victory banner."

I take with me the conscience of defeat as a victory banner.



Pessoa Quotes: "Let's absurdify life, from east to west. Let us play hide-and-seek with our consciousness of living."

Let's absurdify life, from east to west. Let us play hide-and-seek with our consciousness of living.



Pessoa Quotes: "And let our despite go to those who work and fight and our hate to those who hope and trust."

And let our despite go to those who work and fight and our hate to those who hope and trust.



Pessoa Quotes: "To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life."

To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.



Pessoa Quotes: "pg.9 "In my heart there's a peaceful anguish, and my calm is made of resignation."

pg.9 "In my heart there's a peaceful anguish, and my calm is made of resignation.



Pessoa Quotes: "Everything is absurd."

Everything is absurd.



Pessoa Quotes: "These pages are not my confession; they’re my definition. And I feel, as I begin to write it, that I can write it with some semblance of truth."

These pages are not my confession; they’re my definition. And I feel, as I begin to write it, that I can write it with some semblance of truth.



Pessoa Quotes: "We’ve been devastated by the severest and deadliest drought in history – that of our profound awareness of the futility of all effort and the vanity of all plans."

We’ve been devastated by the severest and deadliest drought in history – that of our profound awareness of the futility of all effort and the vanity of all plans.



Pessoa Quotes: "To have defined and sure opinions, fixed and known instincts, passions and character - all that is the horror of turning our soul into a fact, materialize it and make it external."

To have defined and sure opinions, fixed and known instincts, passions and character - all that is the horror of turning our soul into a fact, materialize it and make it external.



Pessoa Quotes: "If after I die, people want to write my biography, there is nothing simpler. They only need two dates: the date of my birth and the date of my death. Between one and another, every day is mine."

If after I die, people want to write my biography, there is nothing simpler. They only need two dates: the date of my birth and the date of my death. Between one and another, every day is mine.



Pessoa Quotes: "I don't mourn the loss of my childhood; I mourn because everything, including (my) childhood, is lost."

I don't mourn the loss of my childhood; I mourn because everything, including (my) childhood, is lost.



Pessoa Quotes: "Changing from the ghosts of faith to the spectres of reason is just changing cells."

Changing from the ghosts of faith to the spectres of reason is just changing cells.



Pessoa Quotes: "Should I be what I think? But I think about being so many things!"

Should I be what I think? But I think about being so many things!



Pessoa Quotes: "But do we really live? To live without knowing what life is - is that living?"

But do we really live? To live without knowing what life is - is that living?



Pessoa Quotes: "I never go to where's a risk. I'm frightened of dangers down to boredom."

I never go to where's a risk. I'm frightened of dangers down to boredom.



Pessoa Quotes: "I never had anyone I could call “Master”. No Christ died for me. No Buddha showed me the right path. In the depths of my dreams no Apollo or Athena appeared to me to enlighten my soul"

I never had anyone I could call “Master”. No Christ died for me. No Buddha showed me the right path. In the depths of my dreams no Apollo or Athena appeared to me to enlighten my soul



Pessoa Quotes: "Nobody appropriates novelties as readily as the Portuguese."

Nobody appropriates novelties as readily as the Portuguese.



Pessoa Quotes: "It's in an inland sea that the river of my life ended."

It's in an inland sea that the river of my life ended.



Pessoa Quotes: "Attention to detail and a perfectionist instinct, far from stimulating action, are character qualities that lead to renunciation. Better to dream than to be."

Attention to detail and a perfectionist instinct, far from stimulating action, are character qualities that lead to renunciation. Better to dream than to be.



Pessoa Quotes: "We, all who live, have A life that is lived And another life that is thought, And the only life we have It's the one that is divided In right or wrong."

We, all who live, have A life that is lived And another life that is thought, And the only life we have It's the one that is divided In right or wrong.



Pessoa Quotes: "Talking to people makes me feel like sleeping. Only my ghostly and imaginary friends, only the conversations I have in my dreams, are genuinely real and substantial."

Talking to people makes me feel like sleeping. Only my ghostly and imaginary friends, only the conversations I have in my dreams, are genuinely real and substantial.



Pessoa Quotes: "Solitude desolates me; company oppresses me."

Solitude desolates me; company oppresses me.



Pessoa Quotes: "I am the escaped one, After I was born They locked me up inside me But I left. My soul seeks me, Through hills and valley, I hope my soul Never finds me."

I am the escaped one, After I was born They locked me up inside me But I left. My soul seeks me, Through hills and valley, I hope my soul Never finds me.



Pessoa Quotes: "Everything is theater."

Everything is theater.



Pessoa Quotes: "I carry my awareness of defeat like a banner of victory."

I carry my awareness of defeat like a banner of victory.



Pessoa Quotes: "Humanitarianism is rude."

Humanitarianism is rude.



Pessoa Quotes: "Nature is the difference between the soul and God."

Nature is the difference between the soul and God.



Pessoa Quotes: "Sailing is necessary, living is not necessary."

Sailing is necessary, living is not necessary.



Pessoa Quotes: "Never read a book to the end, nor even in sequence and without skipping."

Never read a book to the end, nor even in sequence and without skipping.



Pessoa Quotes: "I’m losing my taste for everything, including even my taste for finding everything tasteless."

I’m losing my taste for everything, including even my taste for finding everything tasteless.



Pessoa Quotes: "Life is a thread that someone entangled."

Life is a thread that someone entangled.



Pessoa Quotes: "The poet is a pretender. / He pretends so completely, / that he even pretends that it is pain / the pain he really feels."

The poet is a pretender. / He pretends so completely, / that he even pretends that it is pain / the pain he really feels.



Pessoa Quotes: "Since I wasn't able to leave a succession of beautiful lies, I want to leave the smidgen of truth that the falsehood of everything lets us suppose we can tell."

Since I wasn't able to leave a succession of beautiful lies, I want to leave the smidgen of truth that the falsehood of everything lets us suppose we can tell.