“As we wash our body so we should wash destiny, change life as we change clothes.”

—  Fernando Pessoa , book The Book of Disquiet

Ibid., p. 68
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Assim como lavamos o corpo devíamos lavar o destino, mudar de vida como mudamos de roupa.

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