“Yes, talking to people makes me sleepy.”

—  Fernando Pessoa , book The Book of Disquiet

Ibid.
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Sim, falar com gente dá-me vontade de dormir.

Original

Sim, falar com gente dá-me vontade de dormir.

"Autobiografia sem Factos". (Assírio & Alvim, Lisboa, 2006, p. 73)
Autobiografia sem Factos

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