Ocupation: Poet
Life: June 13, 1888 - November 30, 1935
Birthday: June 13
Death: November 30
Nostalgia! I feel it even for someone who meant nothing to me, out of anxiety for the flight of time and a sickness bred of the mystery of life. If one of the faces I pass daily on the streets disappears, I feel sad; yet they meant nothing to me, other than being a symbol of all life.
source: Fernando Pessoa (2010). “The Book of Disquiet”, p.6, Profile Books
topic: Life, Time, Sadness, Mystery Of Life, I Feel Sad