Should you ask me if I'm happy, I'll answer that I'm not. Fernando Pessoa More Quotes by Fernando Pessoa More Quotes From Fernando Pessoa I feel closer ties and more intimate bonds with certain characters in books, with certain images I’ve seen in engravings, than with many supposedly real people with the metaphysical absurdity known as ‘flesh and blood’. In fact, ‘flesh and blood’ describes them very well: they resemble cuts of meat laid out on the butcher’s marble slab, dead creatures bleeding as though still alive. Fernando Pessoa realcharacterbook What has happened to us has happened to everyone or only to us; if to everyone, then it's no novelty, and if only to us, then it won't be understood. Fernando Pessoa noveltyunderstoodbook What can I expect from myself? My sensation in all their horrible acuity, and a profound awareness of feeling. A sharp mind that only destroys me, and an unusual capacity for dreaming to keep me entertained. A dead will and a reflection that cradles it, like a living child. From, The Book of Disquiet Fernando Pessoa dreambookchildren Life hurls us like a stone, and we sail through the air saying, "look at me move. Fernando Pessoa airlooksmoving Every gesture is a revolutionary act. Fernando Pessoa gesturesrevolutionary All beginnings are involuntary. Fernando Pessoa involuntary Could it think, the heart would stop beating. Fernando Pessoa emotionheartthinking Life is good, but Wine is better. Fernando Pessoa life-is-goodwinelife-is There is no safe standard to tell man from animals. Fernando Pessoa safeanimalmen Destiny gave me only two things: a few accounting books and the gift of dreaming. Fernando Pessoa destinydreambook I never cared about whatever tragic event happened in China. It's faraway decoration, even if in blood and plague. Fernando Pessoa chinaeventsblood Everything is absurd. Fernando Pessoa absurd Only sterility is noble and dignified. Only killing what never was is elevated and perverse and absurd. Fernando Pessoa absurdnoblekilling In any spirit that isn't deformed there is the belief in God. In any spirit that is not deformed there isn't the belief in a particular God. Fernando Pessoa belief-in-godbeliefspirit To have defined and sure opinions, fixed and known instincts, passions and character - all that is the horror of turning our soul into a fact, materialize it and make it external. Fernando Pessoa passionsoulcharacter Yes, talking to people makes me sleepy. Fernando Pessoa sleepytalkingpeople God wills, man dreams, the work is born. Fernando Pessoa borndreammen Property isn't theft: it's nothing. Fernando Pessoa theftproperty The startling reality of things is my discovery every single day. Fernando Pessoa discoveryreality To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent. Fernando Pessoa commandersdependentneeds
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