Quote#Death
A sort of anteneurosis of what I will be when I will not longer be…
Quote byFernando Pessoa · 1888–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Book of Disquiet, Original: Uma espécie de anteneurose do que serei quando já não for gela-me o corpo e alma. Uma como que lembrança da minha morte futura arrepia-me dentro..
English (original)
A sort of anteneurosis of what I will be when I will not longer be freezes my body and soul. A kind of remembrance of my future death makes me shudder from the inside.
— Fernando Pessoa
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Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.
Myth is the nothing that is everything.
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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.
Clear in thinking, and clear in feeling, and clear in wanting