Fernando Pessoa Quotes and Sayings
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“My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.”
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“Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.”
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“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.”
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“It's been a long time since I've been me.”
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“We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.”
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“I'd woken up early, and I took a long time getting ready to exist.”
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“There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.”
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“Life is full of paradoxes, as roses are of thorns.”
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“I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.”
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