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The book of disquiet | lit.salon

The book of disquiet

by Fernando Pessoa

1991278 pages

Pantheon Books·85 editions

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Dec 16, 2024

“I have to choose what I detest – either dreaming, which my intelligence hates, or action, which my sensibility loathes; either action, for which I wasn’t born, or dreaming, for which no one was born.”
—Fernando Pessoa

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The book of disquiet

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The book of disquiet (1991)

The book of disquiet (1991)

Pantheon Books

Pantheon Books

ISBN 10: 0679402349