“The soul of a poetess is all made of light, like that of the stars: it doesn’t blind the onlooker, it illuminates…”

— Florbela Espanca

As almas das poetisas são todas feitas de luz, como as dos astros: não ofuscam, iluminam...
Contos – À Margem dum Soneto (O Dominó Preto); quoted in Citações e Pensamentos de Florbela Espanca (2012), p. 39
Translation http://www.vidaslusofonas.pt/florbela_espanca2.htm by John D. Godinho

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As almas das poetisas são todas feitas de luz, como as dos astros: não ofuscam, iluminam…

Contos – À Margem dum Soneto, "O Dominó Preto"

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