Everything is absurd

Quote byFernando Pessoa · 1888–1935

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Book of Disquiet, Original: Tudo é absurdo..

English (original)

Everything is absurd.

— Fernando Pessoa

Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.

Myth is the nothing that is everything.

Começo a conhecer-me. Não existo. Sou o intervalo entre o que desejo ser e os outros me fizeram.

All beginnings are involuntary.

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