#fernando pessoa

[theoptia]

Fernando Pessoa, from The Book of Disquiet

[petaltexturedskies]

Fernando Pessoa, from "English Song" in A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems

[bookmatter]

Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

[perfectquote]

It’s been a long time since I’ve been me.

Fernando Pessoa

[hereith]

It’s been a long time since I’ve been me.

Fernando Pessoa

[poetic-questions]

—Fernando Pessoa, "The Book of Disquiet"

[the-night-picture-collector]

/ Lisa Larsen, Manhattan, 1951

Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. - Fernando Pessoa

[inabyssata]

Today, suddenly, I reached an absurd but unerring conclusion. In a moment of enlightenment, I realized that I'm nobody, absolutely nobody.