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I think of life as an inn where I have to stay until the abyss coach arrives. I don't know where it will take me, for I know nothing.

Fernando Pessoa

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Fernando Pessoa
Age: 47 †
Born: 1888
Born: June 13
Died: 1935
Died: November 30
Author
Essayist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Playwright
Poet
Prosaist
Translator
Writer
Lisboa
Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa
Fernando Antonio Nogueira Pessoa
Alberto Caeiro
Ricardo Reis
Bernardo Soares
Pessoa
Life
Abyss
Coach
Coaches
Stay
Nothing
Take
Think
Inns
Thinking
Arrives

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I wasn’t meant for reality, but life came and found me.
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