Fernando Pessoa Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: June 13, 1888 - November 30, 1935
Birthday: June 13
Death: November 30
I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me. A nearby field, a ray of sunlight, a little bit of calm along with a bit of bread, not to feel oppressed by the knowledge that I exist, not to demand anything from others, and not to have others demand anything from me - this was denied me, like the spare change we might deny a beggar not because we're mean-hearted but because we don't feel like unbuttoning our coat.
source: Fernando Pessoa (2007). “The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa”, p.321, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
topic: Mean, Rays, Demand, Spare Change
