“From so much self-revising, I’ve destroyed myself. From so much self-thinking, I’m now my thoughts and not I”

—  Fernando Pessoa, book The Book of Disquiet

Source: The Book of Disquiet

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Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publi… 1888–1935

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