“Being a retired major looks like an ideal thing to me. What a pity you couldn't eternally have been just a retired major.”
Ibid., p. 218
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Ser major reformado parece-me uma coisa ideal. É pena não se poder ter sido eternamente apenas major reformado.
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