We know that the book we will never write will be bad. Even… - Fernando Pessoa

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We know that the book we will never write will be bad. Even worse will be the one we put off writing. At least the book that has been written exists.

Fernando Pessoa

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About Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa (13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet and writer, most of whose work was published posthumously. He wrote frequently under heteronyms, alter egos with developed personalities, biographies, jobs, habits, attitudes, addresses, etc., who sometimes quoted and interacted with each other and other people.

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Native Name: Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa

Alternative Names: Fernando Antonio Nogueira Pessoa • Alberto Caeiro • Ricardo Reis • Bernardo Soares

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The sunset of all emotions, myself yellowing, subdued to grey sadness in my external self-awareness

As I walk, I construct perfect sentences that I cannot remember later at home. I don't know if the ineffable poetry of those sentences derived from what they were or from their never having been (written).

La música, la luz de la luna y los sueños son mis armas mágicas.

We know that the book we will never write will be bad. Even worse will be the one we put off writing. At least the book that has been written exists. - Fernando Pessoa

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