Fernando Pessoa

If after I die, people want to write my biography, there is nothing simpler. They only need two dates: the date of my birth and the date of my death. Between one and another, every day is mine. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#death #intimacy #life #poetry #privacy

Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me! ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#longing #regret #self #dreams

Amo como ama o amor. Não conheço nenhuma outra razão para amar senão amar. Que queres que te diga, além de que te amo, se o que quero dizer-te é que te amo? ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#love #inspirational

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#normality #conformity

To love is to tire of being alone; it is therefore a cowardice, a betrayal of ourselves. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#love

Again I see you, But me I don't see!, The magical mirror in which I saw myself has been broken, And only a piece of me I see in each fatal fragment - Only a piece of you and me!... ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#life #poetry #life

This world is for those who are born to conquer it, Not for those who dream that are able to conquer it, even if they're right. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#strong-willed #dreams

Eu que me aguente comigo e com os comigos de mim. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#self-awareness

As figuras imaginárias têm mais relevo e verdade que as reais. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#inspirational

We, all who live, have A life that is lived And another life that is thought, And the only life we have It's the one that is divided In right or wrong. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#duality #life #poetry #thoughts #dreams