To have defined and sure opinions, fixed and known instincts, passions and character — all that is the horror of turning our soul into a fact, materialize it and make it external.

Notes from Wikiquote

Ibid., p. 413 | As quoted in Os Grandes Trechos, Richard Zenith Edition, Lisbon, 2006, p. 413

A Celebridade (1915)

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