Quote#Books & Reading
Destiny gave me only two things: a few accounting books and the gift…
Quote byFernando Pessoa · 1888–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Book of Disquiet, Original: Duas coisas só me deu o Destino: uns livros de contabilidade e o dom de sonhar..
English (original)
Destiny gave me only two things: a few accounting books and the gift of dreaming.
— Fernando Pessoa
More from Fernando Pessoa
Myth is the nothing that is everything.
Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.
Começo a conhecer-me. Não existo. Sou o intervalo entre o que desejo ser e os outros me fizeram.
The Gods sell when they give. Glory is paid for with disgrace. Poor are the happy, for they are Just what passes.
All beginnings are involuntary.
Clear in thinking, and clear in feeling, and clear in wanting