Fernando Pessoa quote about regret from The Book of Disquiet - 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 being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world's existence.
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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 being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world's existence. ”
 Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet (1982). copy citation

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Author Fernando Pessoa
Source The Book of Disquiet
Topic regret nostalgia longing
Date 1982
Language English
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Note Translated by Richard Zenith
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Fernando Pessoa quote about regret from The Book of Disquiet - 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 being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world's existence.
Fernando Pessoa quote about regret from The Book of Disquiet - 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 being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world's existence.