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Fernando Pessoa

1888 - 1935

Fernando Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher, born on June 13, 1888, in Lisbon. He is best known for his profound and innovative literary works, particularly his use of heteronyms—distinct literary personas with their own biographies and writing styles. Pessoa's most celebrated works include "The Book of Disquiet" and numerous poems that explore themes of identity, existentialism, and the human experience. He passed away on November 30, 1935.

  1. I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

    Fernando Pessoa
    #wounds#battles#avoidance

  2. The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd - The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world’s existence. All these half-tones of the soul’s consciousness create in us a painful landscape, an eternal sunset of what we are.

    Fernando Pessoa
    #longing#nostalgia#pain