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Solitude desolates me; company oppresses me.

— Fernando Pessoa

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Ibid.

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Every man who deserves to be famous knows it is not worth the trouble.

A Celebridade (1915)

Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.

Contradiction is the essence of the universe.

Was it worthwhile?
Everything is worthwhile
if the soul is not small.

Ah, to be you while being I!
To have your glad unconsciousness
And be conscious of it!

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