“I reread? I lied! I don't dare to reread. I cannot reread. What's the point, for me, in rereading?”

—  Fernando Pessoa, book The Book of Disquiet

Ibid.
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Releio? Menti! Não ouso reler. Não posso reler. De que me serve reler?

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

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