“To stagnate in the sun, goldenly, like an obscure lake surrounded by flowers.”

— Fernando Pessoa, book The Book of Disquiet

On a strictly intellectual life.
A Factless Autobiography, Richard Zenith Edition, Lisbon, 2006, p. 70
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Estagnar ao sol, douradamente, como um lago obscuro rodeado de flores.

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