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> [“I think: perhaps the sky is a huge sea of fresh water and we, instead of walking under it, walk on top of it; perhaps we see everything upside down and the earth is a kind of sky, so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/i-think-perhaps-the-sky-is-a-huge-sea-of-fresh-water-and-we-instead/)

[José Luís Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

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> [“I think: perhaps the sky is a huge sea of fresh water and we, instead of walking under it, walk on top of it; perhaps we see everything upside down and the earth is a kind of sky, so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/i-think-perhaps-the-sky-is-a-huge-sea-of-fresh-water-and-we-instead-2/)

[Jose Luis Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

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## Other authors on Fresh water

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## More by José Luís Peixoto

> [“Beyond the clouds, above people, beneath the skin, inside people, we’re waiting for you. We see you now, as you read. We’ll see you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/beyond-the-clouds-above-people-beneath-the-skin-inside-people-we-re/)

[José Luís Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

> [“Não sei do que falámos. O sol entrava pela janela e traçava uma torrente certa de luz que atravessava o ar, que iluminava pó…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/n-o-sei-do-que-fal-mos-o-sol-entrava-pela-janela-e-tra-ava-uma/)

[José Luís Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

> [“É possível avançar por ruas durante toda a vida, perder as forças nas pernas, cair de joelhos e morrer, transformar-se lentamente, com a chuva,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/poss-vel-avan-ar-por-ruas-durante-toda-a-vida-perder-as-for-as-nas/)

[José Luís Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

> [“Cansaço. Não me era um sentimento desconhecido. Acabava sempre por cansar-me, era por isso que nunca conseguia levar até ao fim as tarefas mais…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/cansa-o-n-o-me-era-um-sentimento-desconhecido-acabava-sempre-por/)

[José Luís Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

> [“Corremos pelo passeio de mãos dadas. A minha mão a envolver a mão fina dela: a força dos seus dedos dentro dos meus. Na…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/corremos-pelo-passeio-de-m-os-dadas-a-minha-m-o-a-envolver-a-m-o-fina/)

[José Luís Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

> [“I think: perhaps the sky is a huge sea of fresh water and we, instead of walking under it, walk on top of it;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/i-think-perhaps-the-sky-is-a-huge-sea-of-fresh-water-and-we-instead/)

[José Luís Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

> [“I think: perhaps the sky is a huge sea of fresh water and we, instead of walking under it, walk on top of it;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/i-think-perhaps-the-sky-is-a-huge-sea-of-fresh-water-and-we-instead-2/)

[Jose Luis Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

> [“Ao fixar o reflexo dos meus olhos no espelho, já me pareceu muitas vezes que está outra pessoa dentro deles. Observa-me, julga-me, mas não…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/ao-fixar-o-reflexo-dos-meus-olhos-no-espelho-j-me-pareceu-muitas/)

[José Luís Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

> [“one day, when tenderness has become the single rule of the morning,/ I will wake in your arms. perhaps your skin will be overly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/one-day-when-tenderness-has-become-the-single-rule-of-the-morning-i/)

[José Luís Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

> [“Eram livros de capas gastas, que antologiavam a incoerência emocional e intelectual do Constantino em volumes, tomos de veneno e azia. Como uma enciclopédia:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/eram-livros-de-capas-gastas-que-antologiavam-a-incoer-ncia-emocional/)

[José Luís Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

> [“reflectido nas pedras do passeio. Lisboa é a nitidez através do ar. Lisboa é a cor manchada dos muros. Lisboa é o musgo novo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/reflectido-nas-pedras-do-passeio-lisboa-a-nitidez-atrav-s-do-ar/)

[José Luís Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

> [“A música é que tem as palvras. Quando eu toco um piano, ouvem-se as palavras que estão dentro do piano.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/a-m-sica-que-tem-as-palvras-quando-eu-toco-um-piano-ouvem-se-as/)

[José Luís Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

> [“Suffering is tossed by handfuls over the multitudes, with most of it falling on some people and little or none of it on others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/suffering-is-tossed-by-handfuls-over-the-multitudes-with-most-of-it/)

[José Luís Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

> [“the poem doesn’t have stanzas, it has a body, the poem doesn’t have lines,/ it has blood, the poem is not written with letters,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/the-poem-doesn-t-have-stanzas-it-has-a-body-the-poem-doesn-t-have/)

[José Luís Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

> [“A memória como uma maldição. Caímos na eternidade e a memória é um peso, continua a prender-nos em qualquer ponto para onde nunca poderemos…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-lu-s-peixoto/a-mem-ria-como-uma-maldi-o-ca-mos-na-eternidade-e-a-mem-ria-um-peso/)

[José Luís Peixoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-lu-s-peixoto/)

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