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I'm beginning to know myself. I don't exist.
I'm the gap between what I'd like to be and what others have made me.

— Fernando Pessoa

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

Original text (Portuguese)

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