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Begin Quotes by Fernando Pessoa
- One or another man, liberated or cursed, suddenly sees-but even this man sees rarely-that all we are is what we aren't, that we fool ourselves…
- 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…
- I'm astounded whenever I finish something. Astounded and distressed. My perfectionist instinct should inhibit me from finishing: it should inhibit me from even beginning. But…
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