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Fernando Pessoa quotes

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“The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd: the longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not...” Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
“I'd woken up early, and I took a long time getting ready to exist.” Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
“No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it.” Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
“My soul is impatient with itself, as with a bothersome child; its restlessness keeps growing and is forever the same. Everything interests me, but nothing holds me. I attend to everything, dreaming all the while.” Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
“My past is everything I failed to be.” Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
“To be understood is to prostitute oneself.” Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

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readiness awakening nostalgia past regret stupidity understanding intelligence failure interest acceptance prostitution longing impatience restlessness

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