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The essence of what I desire is simply this: to sleep away life.

The essence of what I desire is simply this: to sleep away life.

Fernando Pessoa
Sleep, Essence, Desire
Fernando Pessoa (1996). “The Book of Disquietude: By Bernardo Soares, Assistant Bookkeeper in the City of Lisbon”

We live by action—by acting on desire. Those of us who don't know how to want—whether geniuses or beggars—are related by impotence.

Fernando Pessoa
Desire, Acting, Genius

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