“I never go to where's a risk. I'm frightened of dangers down to boredom.”

—  Fernando Pessoa, book The Book of Disquiet

Ibid., p. 96
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Nunca vou para onde há risco. tenho medo a tédio dos perigos.

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