“I know that I went from the brief before to the eternal afterward of everything, but I do not know how.”

— Antonio Porchia

Sé que anduve de lo antes breve a lo después eterno de todas las cosas, pero no sé cómo.
Voces (1943)

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Sé que anduve de lo antes breve a lo después eterno de todas las cosas, pero no sé cómo.

Voces (1943)

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet

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Voces (1943)

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And I said, "Oh, nothing."
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Source: Fiction, The Call of Cthulhu (1926)

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