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Fernando Pessoa Quotes

I’d like to be in the country so that I’d could like being in the city Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Attention to detail and a perfectionist instinct, far from stimulating action, are character qualities that lead to renunciation. Better to dream than to be Picture Quote #1

There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful Picture Quote #1

To have opinions is to sell out to youself. To have no opinions is to exist. To have every opinion is to be a poet Picture Quote #1

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... the painful intensity of my sensations, even when they’re happy ones; the blissful intensity of my sensations, even when they’re sad Picture Quote #1

Inch by inch I conquered the inner terrain I was born with. Bit by bit I reclaimed the swamp in which I’d languished. I gave birth to my infinite being, but I had to wrench myself out of me with forceps Picture Quote #1

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people! Picture Quote #1

In this metallic age of barbarians, only a relentless cultivation of our ability to dream, to analyse and to captivate can prevent our personality from degenerating into nothing or else into a personality like all the rest Picture Quote #1

If I write what I feel, it’s to reduce the fever of feeling. What I confess is unimportant, because everything is unimportant Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I am nothing. I’ll never be anything. I couldn’t want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world Picture Quote #1

Everything stated or expressed by man is a note in the margin of a completely erased text. From what’s in the note we can extract the gist of what must have been in the text, but there’s always a doubt, and the possible meanings are many Picture Quote #1

Decadence is the total loss of unconsciousness, which is the very basis of life. Could it think, the heart would stop beating Picture Quote #1

I’m losing my taste for everything, including even my taste for finding everything tasteless Picture Quote #1

Let’s buy books so as not to read them; let’s go to concerts without caring to hear the music or see who’s there; let’s take long walks because we’re sick of walking; and let’s spend whole days in the country, just because it bores us Picture Quote #1

Ah, it’s my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me! Picture Quote #1

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I realize that I was all error and deviation, that I never lived, that I existed only in so far as I filled time with consciousness and thought Picture Quote #1

I don’t know what I feel or what I want to feel. I don’t know what to think or what I am Picture Quote #1

I’ve never done anything but dream. This, and this alone, has been the meaning of my life. My only real concern has been my inner life Picture Quote #1

Having never discovered qualities in myself that might attract someone else, I could never believe that anyone felt attracted to me Picture Quote #1

Friends: not one. Just a few acquaintances who imagine they feel something for me and who might be sorry if a train ran over me and the funeral was on a rainy day Picture Quote #1

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn’t what we see but what we are Picture Quote #1

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It’s been months since I last wrote. I’ve lived in a state of mental slumber, leading the life of someone else. I’ve felt, very often, a vicarious happiness. I haven’t existed. I’ve been someone else. I’ve lived without thinking Picture Quote #1

We worship perfection because we can’t have it; if we had it, we would reject it. Perfection is inhuman, because humanity is imperfect Picture Quote #1

Everything I sought in life I abandoned for the sake of the search. I’m like one who absentmindedly looks for he doesn’t know what, having forgotten it in his dreaming as the search got under way Picture Quote #1

Today I suddenly experienced an absurd but quite valid sensation. I realized, in an intimate lightning flash, that I am no one. No one, absolutely no one Picture Quote #1

I sometimes think that I enjoy suffering. But the truth is I would prefer something else Picture Quote #1

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist Picture Quote #1

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I’d like to be in the country so that I’d could like being in the city (Fernando 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 (Fernando 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 (Fernando 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 (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) To have opinions is to sell out to youself. To have no opinions is to exist. To have every opinion is to be a poet (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) ... the painful intensity of my sensations, even when they’re happy ones; the blissful intensity of my sensations, even when they’re sad (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) Inch by inch I conquered the inner terrain I was born with. Bit by bit I reclaimed the swamp in which I’d languished. I gave birth to my infinite being, but I had to wrench myself out of me with forceps (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people! (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) In this metallic age of barbarians, only a relentless cultivation of our ability to dream, to analyse and to captivate can prevent our personality from degenerating into nothing or else into a personality like all the rest (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) If I write what I feel, it’s to reduce the fever of feeling. What I confess is unimportant, because everything is unimportant (Fernando 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 (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) I am nothing. I’ll never be anything. I couldn’t want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) Everything stated or expressed by man is a note in the margin of a completely erased text. From what’s in the note we can extract the gist of what must have been in the text, but there’s always a doubt, and the possible meanings are many (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) Decadence is the total loss of unconsciousness, which is the very basis of life. Could it think, the heart would stop beating (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) I’m losing my taste for everything, including even my taste for finding everything tasteless (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) Let’s buy books so as not to read them; let’s go to concerts without caring to hear the music or see who’s there; let’s take long walks because we’re sick of walking; and let’s spend whole days in the country, just because it bores us (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) Ah, it’s my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me! (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) I realize that I was all error and deviation, that I never lived, that I existed only in so far as I filled time with consciousness and thought (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) I don’t know what I feel or what I want to feel. I don’t know what to think or what I am (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) I’ve never done anything but dream. This, and this alone, has been the meaning of my life. My only real concern has been my inner life (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) Having never discovered qualities in myself that might attract someone else, I could never believe that anyone felt attracted to me (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) Friends: not one. Just a few acquaintances who imagine they feel something for me and who might be sorry if a train ran over me and the funeral was on a rainy day (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn’t what we see but what we are (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) It’s been months since I last wrote. I’ve lived in a state of mental slumber, leading the life of someone else. I’ve felt, very often, a vicarious happiness. I haven’t existed. I’ve been someone else. I’ve lived without thinking (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) We worship perfection because we can’t have it; if we had it, we would reject it. Perfection is inhuman, because humanity is imperfect (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) Everything I sought in life I abandoned for the sake of the search. I’m like one who absentmindedly looks for he doesn’t know what, having forgotten it in his dreaming as the search got under way (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) Today I suddenly experienced an absurd but quite valid sensation. I realized, in an intimate lightning flash, that I am no one. No one, absolutely no one (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) I sometimes think that I enjoy suffering. But the truth is I would prefer something else (Fernando Pessoa Quotes) There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist (Fernando Pessoa Quotes)

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