“For I am the size of what I see
not my height's size.”

— Fernando Pessoa, book The Book of Disquiet

Attributed to the Caeiro alter ego, in A Factless Autobiography, Richard Zenith Edition, Lisbon, 2006, p. 71
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Porque eu sou do tamanho do que vejo
e não do tamanho da minha altura.

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