Ponho-me, às vezes, a olhar para o espelho e a examinar-me, feição por feição: os olhos, a boca, o modelado da fronte, a curva das pálpebras, a linha… - Florbela Espanca
" "Ponho-me, às vezes, a olhar para o espelho e a examinar-me, feição por feição: os olhos, a boca, o modelado da fronte, a curva das pálpebras, a linha da face... E esta amálgama grosseira e feia, grotesca e miserável, saberia fazer versos? Ah, não! Existe outra coisa... mas o quê? Afinal, para que pensar? Viver é não saber que se vive... Porque me não esqueço eu de viver... para viver?
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About Florbela Espanca
Florbela Espanca (December 8, 1894 – December 8, 1930) was a Portuguese poet. Her life, of only 36 years, was tumultuous, restless and full of intimate suffering that the author was able to transform into poetry of the highest quality, full of eroticism, femininity and pantheism.
Also Known As
Native Name:
Florbela d'Alma da Conceição Espanca
Alternative Names:
Flor Bela Lobo
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Sometimes I start looking at the mirror and examining myself, feature by feature: eyes, mouth, shape of the forehead, eyelids curve, the face line... And this vulgar and hideous-looking, grotesque and miserable amalgam, would it know how to do verses? Oh, no! There is something else … but what? After all, why think? To live is to not know that one is living... Why don't I forget that I am living... to live?
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