“Life is like a prism. What you see depends on how you turn the glass.”
Jonathan Kellerman (1949) novelist, psychologist
“Between me and life is a faint glass. No matter how sharply I see and understand life, I cannot touch it.”
— Fernando Pessoa, book The Book of Disquiet
Ibid., p. 100
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Entre mim e a vida há um vidro ténue. por mais nitidamente que eu veja e compreenda a vida, eu não lhe posso tocar.
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